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Step by step procedure to install java on mac, simple way to install java on mac.

You can install java on mac in different ways for example from oracle website or using brew tool etc.

In this video i will show you how to install java from oracle website.

Before you install java, ensure that you do not have java installed in your system.
go to terminal, type java -version for example and see if you see java version if not then you do not have java installed in your system.

In order to install java on mac, you need to have these main things.
1. Administrative access on mac
2. Oracle account (If you do not have one , you can head to https://www.oracle.com/index.html and register)

If you have mac os version 10.6 and below then you can use software update on apple menu to have most up to date java 6 version.

This video assumes that you have mac os version 10.7.3 and above.
The mac version that i'm using is 11.2.1.

Ok! Let's begin to install.

Open any of the browser for example chrome and head over to oracle website.
Click on product menu option and select java
now scroll down and press download jdk button under java SE, it will you take you to a page where you can pick and choose a jdk from different versions.

I will be selecting jdk 8 for this video, however, similar steps are to be followed to install any versions of java that are present here.

click on jdk 8 and select a DMG file that is for mac os, click on it and agree to the terms and conditions of oracle and click to download, if you have already logged in to oracle account download will start immediately otherwise the control will go to the page oracle login page and once u login then it starts downloading.

Once, you have downloaded the DMG file , you can navigate to the place where it is downloaded, usually it will be in download directory.

double click on DMG file, a window will pop up with .pkg file in it , double click on this file and a wizard will open up .
Follow the wizard and choose the configuration and wait for it to complete the installation.

In order to verify that java is installed , go to home directory, /Library/Java/VirtualMachines and check if you see a directory name starting with JDK.

Also to see whether JRE is also installed, go to /Library/Internet Plugins and preferencePanel directories and see this.

Ok, last step is open terminal and type java -version and now you should be able to see the version of the java.

If you want to uninstall java from mac there is a separate video on this , please go through it i have also shared the link to that video below.

https://youtu.be/V42q2hlcFUY

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