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I am looking to install Java on Mac using Homebrew. This works fine using the command brew cask install java.This installs the latest stable version which is currently - 1.8.0_141 However how can I install a specific version for example 1.8.0_131.

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  1. Install homebrew

/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

  1. Update homebrew if already installed:

brew update

  1. allow brew to lookup versions

brew tap homebrew/cask-versions

  1. list available java versions

brew search java

Optional: to find out the minor version of java

brew info --cask java8

  1. install java 8 (or any other version available)

brew install --cask java8

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Jubba Smail
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    it's not the answer for the question, it just install the latest java 8 version – Marx Oct 19 '17 at 09:37
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    when you run step 4, you will get a list of available Java versions, step 5 just to demonstrate installing Java version 8 – Jubba Smail Oct 19 '17 at 12:37
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    This seems to be outdated. Do you know how to install java8 with brew now? It intalled java9 and the other command for versions does not show other versions of java – wuno Nov 10 '17 at 03:25
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    I just tried again, it's working fine, please follow the steps, you need to run "brew tap caskroom/versions" first. – Jubba Smail Nov 10 '17 at 11:35
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    As instructed by homebrew, the command that worked for me was `brew cask install caskroom/versions/java8` First I ran `brew cask uninstall java` to remove the other version I had previously installed. – Mike Vallano Nov 19 '17 at 14:44
  • Do not forget to update JAVA_HOME: in your ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc file: `export JAVA_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home -v 1.8)` – sbaechler Oct 19 '18 at 15:03
  • I'm receiving `Error: Calling \`brew cask search\` is disabled! Use \`brew search\` instead.` when running `brew cask search java` – zudduz Oct 31 '18 at 18:15
  • run `brew search java ` then – Jubba Smail Oct 31 '18 at 18:22
  • Use above instructions plus jEnv (http://www.jenv.be/) to manage multiple versions of JDK/JRE on the same machine and you'll have the ability to switch between java dev environments without a hassle! – RickB Nov 24 '18 at 15:33
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    `brew cask install caskroom/versions/java8` and `brew cask install homebrew/cask-versions/java8` don't work anymore, see [here](https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask-versions/issues/7253) for more details. – Sean Breckenridge Apr 17 '19 at 21:11
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    The workaround for now is to `brew tap homebrew/cask-versions` and use `brew cask install homebrew/cask-versions/adoptopenjdk8` – Sean Breckenridge Apr 19 '19 at 21:32
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Raising Sean Breckenridge's comment as an answer to increase visibility:

/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
brew tap homebrew/cask-versions
brew cask install homebrew/cask-versions/adoptopenjdk8

There is no longer cask named "java8".

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