Java Tools Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples - v6.23, by Herong Yang
Installing Latest JDK on macOS
This section provides a tutorial example on how to download and install the latest version JDK, which includes some nice Java tools, on a macOS system.
As a Java developer kit, the Oracle JDK package includes a number of nice Java tools.
Here is what I did to download and install JDK 20, also called Java SE 20, on my macOS computer.
1. Go to Oracle Java SE download website at oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads.
2. Click "JDK 20 > macOS" tab.
3. Click on the "jdk-20_macos-x64_bin.dmg" link in the "x64 DMG Installer" line to download the installation file to your "Downloads" directory.
4. Double-click on the "jdk-20_macos-x64_bin.dmg" file to install it.
To test the installation, open a command window to try the java command.
herong$ java -version java version "20.0.1" 2023-04-18 Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 20.0.1+9-29) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.0.1+9-29, mixed mode, sharing)
Cool, I have successfully installed JDK 20 on my macOS computer!
Table of Contents
►Installing Latest JDK on macOS
Installing Latest JDK on Windows
Adding JDK "bin" Direcotry to Path Setting
javac - The Java Program Compiler
java - The Java Program Launcher
jpackage - Binary Package Builder
javadoc - The Java Document Generator
jdeps - The Java Class Dependency Analyzer
jdeprscan - The Java Deprecated API Scanner
jcmd - The JVM Diagnostic Tool
jconsole - Java Monitoring and Management Console
jstat - JVM Statistics Monitoring Tool
jhsdb - The Java HotSpot Debugger
jvisualvm (Java VisualVM) - JVM Visual Tool
javap - The Java Class File Disassembler
keytool - Public Key Certificate Tool
jrunscript - Script Code Shell
native2ascii - Native-to-ASCII Encoding Converter