How To Install Java (JRE) 8 on Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan by iHash Leave a Comment Java is no longer installed with a OS X 10.11 El Capitan clean install, and you’ll find that after updating a Mac a prior version of JRE may no longer function. Do you want to run Java™ programs, or do you want to develop Java programs? If you want to run Java programs, but not develop them, download the Java Runtime Environment, or JRE™. At the time of this post written, the latest version of JDK is JDK 8 Update 25. It should be also applicable for previous version of OS X such as OS X Maverick, Mountain Lion, and OS X Lion.
This post guides you how to install Oracle JDK 8 on Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite. To compile the Java codes then you need Java Development Kit (JDK). If you would like to learn Java programming, the best way is by writing Java codes by yourself.
