But /usr/libexec/java_home doesn’t find 1.8, so all the posts I’ve found on how to set your current java version don’t work. Not sure why the latest installer puts this in /Library instead of /System/Library (nor what the difference is). This software is licensed under the Oracle Technology Network License Agreement for Oracle Java SE. The JDK includes the JRE, so you do not have to download both separately. If you want to develop applications for Java, download the Java Development Kit, or JDK™. But make sure that it’s version is either 8 or 9 as JMeter4.0 does not support Java 10 and Java 7 or it’s prior versions. If you wish to install java on Windows you may skip this tutorial and may refer our tutorial Install JDK on Windows and Set Environment Path on Windows. We will download and install java on MAC OS.
I’m using IntelliJ 13 CE and Mac OS X 9 Mavericks.
I want to do some programming with the latest JavaFX, which requires Java 8.