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2020_Full_Release 5 November 2019 2020 release notes | Longread sequence mapping with Minimap2 (external plugin) Fast and easy alignment of Oxford Nanopore and PacBio data to a reference sequence using an industry recommended tool, without the hassle of the command line |
Clustal Omega replaces ClustalW for better, faster alignments Scale up your alignments with Clustal Omega, now included with Geneious Prime. The HMM alignment engine improves both quality and speed of alignments compared to the older ClustalW aligner. | |
Better back translate and codon optimization New codon optimization algorithm lets you match the codon usage from your organism of choice by generating a new sequence, starting from either a protein or nucleotide sequence. Optionally eliminate rare codons and restriction sites. | |
More accurate annotation of CDS features onto your plasmids Automatic annotation of plasmids is now smarter with adjustment of CDS boundaries to match the nearest valid ORF when annotating single-interval CDSs from your reference features database. | |
Add your favorite tools to Geneious with improved Wrapper Plugin system Can't wait for us to add your favorite command line aligner, tree builder or assembler? You might be able to add it yourself from right inside Geneious using the Wrapper Plugin Creator plugin. Coding skills are not required, though a good understanding of command line interfaces and file formats is. | |
2020.1 Update 10 March 2020 2020.1 release notes | Long Read de novo Assembly with Flye (external plugin) Fast de novo assembly of your raw Oxford Nanopore and PacBio long read sequences using Flye, suited to a wide range of applications including both single genome projects and metagenome assembly. |
Import Metadata on to Sequences and other Documents Seamlessly attach new data from downstream analyses or other applications onto your sequences in Geneious, or update document fields, by importing columns from a CSV/TSV format spreadsheet onto documents that are already in Geneious. | |
Annotate from Database Improvements Easily identify and annotate the best matched features from a database on your plasmids and other sequences using the new extended database of standard plasmid features provided with Geneious, or use your own sequences as reference. | |
Codon Optimization and Back Translation Improvements Customize the codon optimization parameters for your model organism by defining short sequence motifs to exclude from your optimized sequence, while easily generating multiple co-optimized versions of your sequence simultaneously. | |
Primer Specificity Testing Be confident your primers will only bind in a single location with automatic identification of any additional, off target, binding sites found when using Test with Saved Primers. Off-target information for the tested document will be added to the new primer annotations. | |
Wrapper Plugin System Improvements Customize Geneious with your own plugins using the wrapper plugin system, which now supports de novo assemblers, and running supported linux-only tools via the Windows Linux Subsystem. | |
2020.2 Update 14 July 2020 2020.2 release notes | Analyze CRISPR Editing Results Easily align, cluster and visualize NGS reads from your CRISPR editing experiments. Analyze the frequency of variants and their protein effects from your application of choice, including HDR, NHEJ and base editors. |
Enhanced Search Options Quickly access your documents, folders, analysis tools and recently viewed items from a single unified interface. | |
Codon Optimization Improvements Hover over your optimized codons for more information on synonymous codons and their frequencies. |
Geneious Prime 2019
2019_Full_Release 6 November 2018 2019 release notes | Custom Codon Usage Tables Back translate and optimize codons using your own codon usage tables. Import standard formats from public databases or external codon analysis tools. |
Rapid Manual Primer Design Select desired binding site in the Sequence View to see real-time display of length and melting point (Tm) then easily add a primer annotation with a convenient new button. | |
Powerful Primer Annotation Display 5′ extensions (tails) on annotated primers are now displayed inside the sequence view to indicate the length of the extension, the nucleotides it contains and what functional elements are present such as restriction sites, spacers and tags. | |
Simplified Testing and Annotation of Existing Primers Easily search all folders for primers that match a sequence of interest with the redesigned 'Test with Saved Primers' operation. Copy and paste primers from other programs into the new 'Add Primers' operation to find them on your target sequence in one step. | |
Drag and Drop Sequence Export Export annotated sequences in GenBank format by simply dragging documents out of Geneious Prime and onto the desktop or into another program. | |
Easy Extraction of PCR and Restriction Digest Products Shift click between two compatible primers or restriction enzymes for quick and easy extraction of their product from your sequence. | |
Improved Protein Statistics Calculate on the fly statistics for protein sequences directly on nucleotide sequences within the Statistics panel, with new protein statistics added including charge at pH 7 and amino acid group counts. | |
Improved GenBank Export Export the information you need with your sequences using the simplified, flexible options to include your own Meta-Data fields and allow or constrain export parameters to suit downstream applications. | |
Publish Plugins via Internal Network Create a curated list of plugins to offer privately to members of your organization via your internal network. | |
Usability Tweaks to Increase Efficiency Enjoy an improved table of primers, drag and drop backbone selection for cloning, easier workflow management, better defaults, a less cluttered Sequence View and many other little tweaks and improvements. | |
2019.1 Update 5 March 2019 2019.1 release notes | Customizable Text View – Sequence Layout Format to alter wrapping, numbering, sequence color and presence of reverse complement and translation |
Customizable Text View – Alignment Layout Format to alter numbering, sequence color and highlighting of agreements/disagreements to consensus | |
Customizable Text View – GenBank Format GenBank format available for all individual sequences | |
Primer Specificity Primer specificity automatically tested within the template sequence when designing primers, and presence of any additional binding sites recorded on the primer annotation | |
Primer Design Improvements Option to control the minimum distance between primers designed on the same strand – defaults to minimizing creation of duplicate primers when multiple primer pairs are designed together | |
Annealed Oligo Cloning Added workflow to create a sequence with annotated overhangs representing the sticky ends created by annealing two partially overlapping oligos | |
Restriction Enzymes Methylation sensitivity information shown in tool tip when mousing over a restriction enzyme | |
2019.2 Update 18 June 2019 2019.2 release notes | Sanger Sequencing Primer Design Quickly design primers for Sanger sequencing of vectors, inserts or other sequences |
Vector NTI Database Import Easily import your complete Vector NTI database with simple drag and drop, for both Vector NTI Express and Advance databases. | |
Improved Text View Formatting of Sequences and Alignments Support formatting and export of sequences in accordance with U.S. Patent Office requirements as well as other improvements. | |
Primer Characteristics Quick and easy primer pairing in the Sequence View to link two primers of your choice and calculate pair dimer Tm and product size. | |
Easier Shared Database Rollout Immediately access shared data and get straight to doing your research with a Geneious Shared database connections now able to be pre-configured by your IT team or admin when rolling out a version of Geneious Prime. Includes improved support for Windows authentication. |
R11
R11_Full_Release 3 October 2017 11.0 release notes | Volcano Plots for RNA-Seq Expression Analysis Visualize gene expression in an interactive volcano plot that can be used to highlight and jump to differentially expressed genes. |
Pretty PCA Plots Create beautiful PCA plots with better labelling and new visualization options. | |
Silent Mutation Analysis for Restriction Sites Automatically identify point mutations in a coding sequence that will introduce a restriction site without affecting the protein. | |
CRISPR Cpf1 Option Added support for CRISPR-Cpf1 with a 5' PAM site. Find sites in A and T rich sequences and with higher cleaving efficiency in vivo. | |
Create Enzyme Sets What's in the freezer? No longer pull information from other sources. Now you can easily create your own enzyme sets. | |
Better FASTQ Import Paired reads can be associated with each other during import and Geneious will do it's best to guess how they're paired. Read technology can also be set. | |
Updated Mauve Plugin for Bacterial Genome Alignment Now includes support for sequence lists and the MCM operation for reordering contigs, making it possible to align draft genomes and perform genome finishing. | |
R11.1 Update 6 March 2018 R11.1 release notes | SnapGene File Import Drop SnapGene *.dna sequence files into Geneious to seamlessly import sequences along with their annotations and other metadata. |
CRISPR-Cpf1 Specificity Scoring Confidently pick the best CRISPR-cpf1 guide RNA sites using a new specificity score which is calculated from an off-target analysis against your database of choice. | |
Smart NGS Import Drop any assortment of SAM, BAM, GFF, BED, and VCF files into Geneious to import in one easy step, even if you have a mixture of different samples and reference sequences. | |
Better BLAST Server Management Set up several BLAST server mirrors at once and choose the best one each time you do a search. No more switching mirrors each time. | |
NCBI BLAST Cloud Support It's never been easier to set up your own BLAST mirror thanks to NCBI BLAST Cloud. If you set up a mirror in this way, Geneious can now connect to it natively. | |
Concatenate by Index Concatenate sequence lists and alignments by index, rather than by name, which is super useful for merging paired reads that don't quite overlap. | |
CSV/TSV Export of Sequence Lists Export all of the sequences in a sequence list along with their metadata to CSV or TSV so you can drop them in Excel or similar for further analysis. |
R10
R10_Full_Release 4 October 2016 10.0 release notes | Smarter Restriction Cloning Completely redesigned to be much simpler and more powerful. Includes automatic identification of compatible cut sites, and digestion and ligation with drag and drop ordering of fragments. |
Alignment Masking Mask unreliable alignment sites for better tree building, without deleting data. Manage alignment masking patterns using annotation tracks and automatically mask sites according to user defined criteria. | |
Improved Plasmid Viewer The new circular overview option helps you stay oriented by showing the bases of the sequence and the plasmid map alongside each other with synchronized editing, selection and scrolling. | |
Chimera Filtering Filter chimeric reads by comparing to a reference database, which can be any sequence list or alignment. Choose between the bundled public domain UCHIME algorithm or the faster USEARCH implementation. | |
Lineage View for Parent/Descendants Lineage View is now easier to access as a separate tab and details about your cloning operations are shown right next to the relationships. | |
Assembly and Mapping Better structural variant mapping, a new workflow to build SNP trees by applying variants to a reference and better de novo assembly of Ion Torrent, 454, and PacBio CCS data. | |
R10.1 Update 7 February 2017 R10.1 release notes | Improved Cloning Gibson and Golden Gate now has sequence view of fragments within the options. Gibson assembly can now saves primers for easy ordering |
Annotate from Database Annotate nucleotide sequences from a protein database by comparing translations of the nucleotide sequence in all six frames with the protein database sequences | |
Zip Import Zip files containing multiple files and sub-folders can now be imported | |
Sequence Viewer Added ‘Copy Translation' to translate selected regions of a nucleotide sequence (in right-click menu) | |
SPAdes de novo assembler For MacOS/Linux: 64 bit OS is required. For Windows, 64 bit Windows 10 (with recent updates installed) is required. You also need to install additional Windows features (Instructions) | |
Find CRISPR Sites Major performance improvements were made to the off-target scoring algorithm All CRISPR sites will now be scored against all potential off-target sites in every run Scoring CRISPR sites against off-targets now takes a seed region into account. This is a 10 bp region adjacent to the PAM site that can tolerate a maximum of 2 mismatches and 0 indels | |
R10.2 Update 6 June 2017 R10.2 release notes | RNA-Seq Expression Analysis Compare Expression Levels now has the option to use DESeq2 for pairwise analysis with replicate samples and will produce a principle component analysis (PCA) plot for quality control. |
Cloning Workflows Restriction Cloning, Gibson Assembly and Golden Gate can now be incorporated into Workflows. Automate your cloning procedures or perform high-throughput batch cloning. |
R9
R9_Full_Release 7 October 2015 9.0 release notes | Golden Gate Intelligent handling of preconfigured Golden Gate parts and automatic designing of primers for new parts. |
RNA- Seq and Structural Variant Mapping Map RNA-seq using existing annotated coding regions or discover novel intron and fusion genes during mapping. For DNA sequencing, you can now discover structural variants and annotate them, allowing for correct alignments of read-ends around deletions and structural rearrangements in heterozygous samples. | |
Big Trees New search box for finding nodes and taxa, and automatic collapsing of sub-trees based on distances. Greatly improved performance when loading and rendering trees. | |
Cutting edge CRISPR New scoring strategy for on-target activity. Options to control how many mismatches and indels are allowed when scoring against off-targets. | |
VCF Export Easy exporting of single-sample variants. | |
Tadpole Brand new and super-fast de novo assembler with a very low miss-assembly rate. | |
Primer Design Improved the speed on larger sequences when a target region and product size range have been specified | |
Read filtering with built-in BBTools
| |
New Plugins
| |
R9 Update 1 March 2016 R9.1 release notes | Even better support for HiDPI displays on Windows and Linux. Most importantly, the sequence and alignment view is now scaled according to your display. |
Alignment and contig viewing redesigned 'go to next' controls give more power in a more intuitive interface. | |
Sequence view Updated to new modern font for high quality publications, cleaner plasmid maps and retina screens. | |
Gibson Cloning now fully supports the full array of scarless methods including SLIC, SLiCE, CPEC, InFusion and GeneArt Seamless. | |
Assembly New workflow to run batch reference mapping of many data sets against many references, matching them up by name. | |
Trees Sequences in the multiple alignment are now highlighted according to coloring in the tree. | |
Lineage Parents and descendants are now shown with more information about the steps that have been performed and an HTML report can be exported with the full lineage. |
R8
R8_Full_Release 9 September 2014 8.0 release notes | 16S Biodiversity Tool A cloud-based tool that identifies high-throughput 16S rRNA amplicons from environmental samples using the RDP database, and visualizes biodiversity as interactive graphs and charts using a secure web viewer. |
Sequence Classifier Plugin Taxonomically classifies an organic sample by how similar its DNA is to your own database of known sequences using a BLAST-like algorithm with multiple loci and trees to assist with identification. | |
CRISPR Design Locate potential CRISPR target sites using innovative heatmap-style annotations to assess sites based on off-target interaction. | |
Powerful NGS Assembly Longer contigs, scaffolding and greater accuracy. | |
RNA-Seq Expression Analysis Brand new functionality for transcriptomics! | |
Greater Workflow Configurability New Genome finishing workflow and more options for creating custom workflows | |
Easier Plugin Development Add your favourite algorithm, database or visualization to Geneious or write a plugin for your own new program and share it with the community | |
New Plugins Extended functionality for tree building and viewing, alignment and assembly. CRT – (by Chris Duran) Identifies existing known CRISPR sites in bacteria and archaea. FLASH – (by Dave O'Connor)- Merge paired sequencing reads using FLASH SeqPartitioner – (by Jed Barlow) – Partition allele multisets from multiple alignments Augustus – (by Michael Thon) Predict genes using the Augustus algorithm. EMBOSS Nucleotide Analysis – (previously bundled) Search for transcription factors, and predict protein coding regions. EMBOSS Protein Analysis – (previously bundled) Predict secondary structure, antigenic regions and signal cleavage sites. Go To Documents – Jump to documents by entering their unique IDs Find Big Folders Workflow – List the size of all folders in your local database Groovy Console – Opens a terminal window inside Geneious for scripting in the Groovy language. | |
R8 Update 3 March, 2015 8.1 release notes | Choicer chooser Store commonly used sequences such as reference genomes, vectors and biological parts in separate folders from your working data, then easily choose them when you run Map to Reference or Gibson Assembly. |
Sort by GC Content All newly created nucleotide alignments, contigs, sequence lists, and sequences have a %GC field in the document table. Sequences in alignments, contigs and lists can be sorted by %GC. | |
Improved Primer Design for qPCR Batch design primers for many regions within a single sequence in one step, great for qPCR design. Primer design and testing now have an option to match each sequence in an alignment (instead of just the consensus) | |
Extract more annotation information Now you can select upstream, downstream and intergenic regions of matching annotations. | |
Mapping Qualities now included Geneious mapper produces mapping qualities, SAM/BAM import/export handles mapping qualities, contig viewer displays mapping quality in status bar, added mapping quality color scheme | |
Integration with LIMS and external web-based systems Geneious documents can now be opened by clicking a link in external web-based systems. | |
Easier Exporting for Newick and FASTA formats Documents can now be exported in the compressed .fasta.gz and .fastq.gz formats. Export Tree documents: Export to newick format may now include bootstrap support values | |
New Plugins Blast2GO – All in one functional annotation tool and annotation data analysis. FreeBayes – Haplotype-based variant detector for single sample analysis. |
R7
R7_Full_Release 3 September 2013 7.0 release notes | Workflows Easily create and share workflows based on your data and analysis. Try some of the built-in workflows or design your own. |
Gibson Assembly One-step cloning of fragments using Gibson assembly including automated primer design and batch cloning/shuffling | |
Codon Optimization Find rare codons or produce a fully optimized sequence based on a target organism and remove unwanted restriction sites at the same time. | |
TOPO Cloning One-step cloning of fragments into a vector using TOPO | |
Copy and Paste Annotations Annotations are now maintained when copying sequences! Highlight part of a sequence, copy with ctrl+c and then paste it using ctrl+v into another location and the annotations will be preserved. | |
Better Coverage Analysis Get more meaning from your alignments with added visualization of coverage. | |
New Plugins Extended functionality for tree building and viewing, alignment and assembly. RAxML – Randomized Axelerated Maximum Likelihood GARLI – Genetic Algorithm for Rapid Likelihood Inference FastTree – Approximately-maximum-likelihood phylogenetic trees from alignments of nucleotide or protein sequences LastZ – BLAST-like alignment tool for the pairwise alignment of chromosome-sized nucleotide sequences Bowtie2 – Short read aligner Velvet – De-novo assembler for very short reads | |
R7 Update 4 February 2014 7.1 release notes | Circular Assembly Geneious can create circular contigs in its famous sequence viewer making it easier to assemble genomes such as bacterial genomes and plasmids. |
Trio Analysis The improved ‘compare annotation' interface gives better results and more powerful options for SNP analysis and all results include annotation properties. | |
Strip Alignment columns Build better trees! Remove columns with at least one ambiguity or strip two columns per codon. | |
Extract more annotation information Now you can select upstream, downstream and intergenic regions of matching annotations. | |
New Plugins TopHat – Fast splice junction mapper for RNA-Seq reads. MIRA – Specialized assembler for sequences with a high number of repeats |
R6
R6_Full_Release 4 October 2012 6.0 release notes | Latest Primer3 engine Including brand new thermodynamic calculations that give you better stats on primers. |
Automatic plasmid annotation No more manual searching. New automatic plasmid annotation lets you sort through your data faster than ever before, saving your time and your eyesight. | |
Read Mapping New fine-tuning algorithm quickly generates accurate results using less memory. | |
Enhanced Variant and SNP calling Eliminate false variants, annotate average quality, find variations within specified annotations. dbDNP and db_xref annotations now hyperlinked. | |
Greater file format capability More options for VCF, SWF, FASTQ, SAM/BAM and zipped files | |
New ‘info' tab View lineage, history and edit common fields in properties such as description and organism | |
R6 Update 7 February 2013 6.1 release notes | No more binding to known repeats The Primer Design tools now include a repeat library mispriming function that prevents binding to known repeats, saving you time. |
BLAST+ Custom BLAST now supports BLAST+ for increased search performance. | |
Enhanced DNA/RNA fold view The DNA/RNA fold view is now available on two sequences, showing how the two molecules bind to each other (using Vienna rnacofold 2.0.7). We've also updated the stats panel, improved the probability color scheme, and implemented new energy models, giving you greater visibility than ever. |
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Question or issue on macOS:
I want to install OpenJDK Java on Mac OSX and have it work alongside other JDK's since it is a newer release. Currently, I downloaded the tar.gz and placed it in my path but that is hard to maintain.
The only other install I found that do more things automatically is the install via Homebrew cask. It looks like only the current version too:
Shows:
So I can install it from there, but then what? Am I stuck only with the new version?
How to solve this problem?
Solution no. 1:
Note:These solutions work for various versions of Java including Java 8, Java 11, and the new Java 15, and for any other previous Java version covered by the listed version managers. This includes alternative JDK's from OpenJDK, Oracle, IBM, Azul, Amazon Correto, Graal and more. Easily work with Java 7, Java 8, Java 9, Java 10, Java 11, Java 12, Java 13, Java 14, and Java 15!
You have a few options for how to do the installation as well as manage JDK switching. Installation can be done by Homebrew, SDKMAN, Jabba, or a manual install. Switching can be done by JEnv, SDKMAN, Jabba, or manually by setting JAVA_HOME
. All of these are described below.
Installation
First, install Java using whatever method you prefer including Homebrew, SDKMAN or a manual install of the tar.gz file. The advantage of a manual install is that the location of the JDK can be placed in a standardized location for Mac OSX. Otherwise, there are easier options such as SDKMAN that also will install other important and common tools for the JVM.
Installing and Switching versions with SDKMANSDKMAN is a bit different and handles both the install and the switching. SDKMAN also places the installed JDK's into its own directory tree, which is typically ~/.sdkman/candidates/java
. SDKMAN allows setting a global default version, and a version specific to the current shell.
Install SDKMAN from https://sdkman.io/install
List the Java versions available to make sure you know the version ID
Install one of those versions, for example, Java 15:
Make 15 the default version:
Or switch to 15 for the session:
When you list available versions for installation using the list command, you will see a wide variety of distributions of Java:
And install additional versions, such as JDK 8:
SDKMAN can work with previously installed existing versions. Just do a local install giving your own version label and the location of the JDK:
And use it freely:
More information is available in the SDKMAN Usage Guide along with other SDK's it can install and manage.
SDKMAN will automatically manage your PATH
and JAVA_HOME
for you as you change versions.
Download OpenJDK for Mac OSX from http://jdk.java.net/ (for example Java 15)
Unarchive the OpenJDK tar, and place the resulting folder (i.e.
jdk-15.jdk
) into your/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/
folder since this is the standard and expected location of JDK installs. You can also install anywhere you want in reality.
The version of Java available in Homebrew Cask previous to October 3, 2018 was indeed the Oracle JVM. Now, however, it has now been updated to OpenJDK. Be sure to update Homebrew and then you will see the lastest version available for install.
install Homebrew if you haven't already. Make sure it is updated:
Add the casks tap, if you want to use the AdoptOpenJDK versions (which tend to be more current):
These casks change their Java versions often, and there might be other taps out there with additional Java versions.
Look for installable versions:
or for AdoptOpenJDK versions:
Check the details on the version that will be installed:
or for the AdoptOpenJDK version:
Install a specific version of the JDK such as
java11
,adoptopenjdk8
, oradoptopenjdk13
, or justjava
oradoptopenjdk
for the most current of that distribution. For example:
And these will be installed into /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/
which is the traditional location expected on Mac OSX.
Some other flavours of OpenJDK are:
Azul Systems Java Zulu certified builds of OpenJDK can be installed by following the instructions on their site.
Zulu® is a certified build of OpenJDK that is fully compliant with the Java SE standard. Zulu is 100% open source and freely downloadable. Now Java developers, system administrators, and end-users can enjoy the full benefits of open source Java with deployment flexibility and control over upgrade timing.
Amazon Correto OpenJDK builds have an easy to use an installation package for Java 8 or Java 11, and installs to the standard /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/
directory on Mac OSX.
Amazon Corretto is a no-cost, multiplatform, production-ready distribution of the Open Java Development Kit (OpenJDK). Corretto comes with long-term support that will include performance enhancements and security fixes. Amazon runs Corretto internally on thousands of production services and Corretto is certified as compatible with the Java SE standard. With Corretto, you can develop and run Java applications on popular operating systems, including Linux, Windows, and macOS.
To find locations of previously installed Java JDK's installed at the default system locations, use:
Matching Java Virtual Machines (8):
15, x86_64: 'OpenJDK 15' /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk-15.jdk/Contents/Home
14, x86_64: 'OpenJDK 14' /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk-14.jdk/Contents/Home
13, x86_64: 'OpenJDK 13' /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/openjdk-13.jdk/Contents/Home
12, x86_64: 'OpenJDK 12' /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk-12.jdk/Contents/Home
11, x86_64: 'Java SE 11' /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk-11.jdk/Contents/Home
10.0.2, x86_64: 'Java SE 10.0.2' /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk-10.0.2.jdk/Contents/Home
9, x86_64: 'Java SE 9' /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk-9.jdk/Contents/Home
1.8.0_144, x86_64: 'Java SE 8' /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_144.jdk/Contents/Home
You can also report just the location of a specific Java version using -v
. For example for Java 15:
/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk-15.jdk/Contents/Home
Knowing the location of the installed JDK's is also useful when using tools like JEnv, or adding a local install to SDKMAN, or linking a system JDK in Jabba — and you need to know where to find them.
If you need to find JDK's installed by other tools, check these locations:
- SDKMAN installs to
~/.sdkman/candidates/java/
- Jabba installs to
~/.jabba/jdk
The Java executable is a wrapper that will use whatever JDK is configured in JAVA_HOME
, so you can change that to also change which JDK is in use.
For example, if you installed or untar'd JDK 15 to /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk-15.jdk
if it is the highest version number it should already be the default, if not you could simply set:
And now whatever Java executable is in the path will see this and use the correct JDK.
Using the /usr/libexec/java_home
utility as previously described helps you to create aliases or to run commands to change Java versions by identifying the locations of different JDK installations. For example, creating shell aliases in your .profile
or .bash_profile
to change JAVA_HOME
for you:
Then to change versions, just use the alias.
java version '1.8.0_144'
Of course, setting JAVA_HOME
manually works too!
JEnv expects the Java JDK's to already exist on the machine and can be in any location. Typically you will find installed Java JDK's in /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/
. JEnv allows setting the global version of Java, one for the current shell, and a per-directory local version which is handy when some projects require different versions than others.
Install JEnv if you haven't already, instructions on the site http://www.jenv.be/ for manual install or using Homebrew.
Add any Java version to JEnv (adjust the directory if you placed this elsewhere):
Set your global version using this command:
You can also add other existing versions using jenv add
in a similar manner, and list those that are available. For example Java 8:
See the JEnv docs for more commands. You may now switch between any Java versions (Oracle, OpenJDK, other) at any time either for the whole system, for shells, or per local directory.
To help manage JAVA_HOME
while using JEnv you can add the export plugin to do this for you.
The export plugin may not adjust JAVA_HOME
if it is already set, so you may need to clear this variable in your profile so that it can be managed by JEnv.
You can also use jenv exec
to run single commands with JAVA_HOME
and PATH
set correctly for that one command, which could include opening another shell.
Jabba also handles both the install and the switching. Jabba also places the installed JDK's into its own directory tree, which is typically ~/.jabba/jdk
.
Install Jabba by following the instructions on the home page.
List available JDK's
jabba ls-remote
Install Java JDK 12
jabba install [email protected]
Use it:
jabba use [email protected]
You can also alias version names, link to existing JDK's already installed, and find a mix of interesting JDK's such as GraalVM, Adopt JDK, IBM JDK, and more. The complete usage guide is available on the home page as well.
Jabba will automatically manage your PATH
and JAVA_HOME
for you as you change versions.
Solution no. 2:
This is how I did it.
Step 1: Install Java 11
You can download Java 11 dmg for mac from here: https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk11-downloads-5066655.html
Step 2: After installation of Java 11. Confirm installation of all versions. Type the following command in your terminal.
Step 3: Edit .bash_profile
Step 4: Add 11.0.1 as default. (Add below line to bash_profile file).
to switch to any version
Now Press CTRL+X to exit the bash. Press ‘Y' to save changes.
Step 5: Reload bash_profile
Step 6: Confirm current version of Java
Solution no. 3:
Manually switching system-default version without 3rd party tools:
As detailed in this older answer, on macOS /usr/bin/java
is a wrapper tool that will use Java version pointed by JAVA_HOME
or if that variable is not set will look for Java installations under /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/
and will use the one with highest version. It determines versions by looking at Contents/Info.plist
under each package.
Armed with this knowledge you can:
- control which version the system will use by renaming
Info.plist
in versions you don't want to use as default (that file is not used by the actual Java runtime itself). - control which version to use for specific tasks by setting
$JAVA_HOME
I've just verified this is still true with OpenJDK & Mojave.
On a brand new system, there is no Java version installed:
Cancel this, download OpenJDK 11 & 12ea on https://jdk.java.net ;
install OpenJDK11:
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System java is now 11:
Install OpenJDK12 (early access at the moment):
System java is now 12:
Now let's 'hide' OpenJDK 12 from system java wrapper:
System java is back to 11:
And you can still use version 12 punctually by manually setting JAVA_HOME
:
Solution no. 4:
With Homebrew and jenv:
Assumption: Mac machine and you already have installed homebrew.
Install cask:
To install latest java:
To install java 8:
To install java 9:
If you want to install/manage multiple version then you can use ‘jenv':
Install and configure jenv:
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Add the installed java to jenv:
To see all the installed java:
Above command will give the list of installed java:
Configure the java version which you want to use:
Solution no. 5:
If you have multiple versions installed on your machine, add the following in bash profile:
export JAVA_HOME_7=$(/usr/libexec/java_home -v1.7)
export JAVA_HOME_8=$(/usr/libexec/java_home -v1.8)
export JAVA_HOME_9=$(/usr/libexec/java_home -v9)
And add the following aliases:
alias java7='export JAVA_HOME=$JAVA_HOME_7′
alias java8='export JAVA_HOME=$JAVA_HOME_8′
alias java9='export JAVA_HOME=$JAVA_HOME_9′
And can switch to required version by using the alias:
In terminal:
~ >> java7
export JAVA_HOME=$JAVA_7_HOME
Solution no. 6:
Another alternative is using SDKMAN! See https://wimdeblauwe.wordpress.com/2018/09/26/switching-between-jdk-8-and-11-using-sdkman/
First install SDKMAN: https://sdkman.io/install and then…
- Install Oracle JDK 8 with:
sdk install java 8.0.181-oracle
- Install OpenJDK 11 with:
sdk install java 11.0.0-open
To switch:
- Switch to JDK 8 with
sdk use java 8.0.181-oracle
- Switch to JDK 11 with
sdk use java 11.0.0-open
To set a default:
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- Default to JDK 8 with
sdk default java 8.0.181-oracle
- Default to JDK 11 with
sdk default java 11.0.0-open
Solution no. 7:
You can use asdf to install and switch between multiple java versions. It has plugins for other languages as well. You can install asdf with Homebrew
When asdf is configured, install java plugin
Pick a version to install
For example to install and configure adoptopenjdk8
And finally if needed, configure JAVA_HOME for your shell. Just add to your shell init script such as ~/.zshrc in case of zsh:
Solution no. 8:
IMHO, There is no need to install all the additional applications/packages.
Check available versions using the command:
Now if you want to pick Azul JDK 8 in the above list, and NOT Oracle's Java SE 8, invoke the command as below:
To pick Oracle's Java SE 8 you would invoke the command:
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As you can see the version number provided shall be the unique set of strings: 1.8.0_181 vs 1.8.0_151
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Solution no. 9:
This answer extends on Jayson's excellent answer with some more opinionated guidance on the best approach for your use case:
- SDKMAN is the best solution for most users. It's easy to use, doesn't have any weird configuration, and makes managing multiple versions for lots of other Java ecosystem projects easy as well.
- Downloading Java versions via Homebrew and switching versions via jenv is a good option, but requires more work. For example, the Homebrew commands in this highly upvoted answer don't work anymore. jenv is slightly harder to setup, the plugins aren't well documented, and the README says the project is looking for a new maintainer. jenv is still a great project, solves the job, and the community should be thankful for the wonderful contribution. SDKMAN is just the better option cause it's so great.
- Jabba is written is a multi-platform solution that provides the same interface on Mac, Windows, and PC (it's written in Go and that's what allows it to be multiplatform). If you care about a multiplatform solution, this is a huge selling point. If you only care about running multiple versions on your Mac, then you don't need a multiplatform solution. SDKMAN's support for tens of popular SDKs is what you're missing out on if you go with Jabba.
Managing versions manually is probably the worst option. If you decide to manually switch versions, you can use this Bash code instead of Jayson's verbose code (code snippet from the homebrew-openjdk README:
Jayson's answer provides the basic commands for SDKMAN and jenv. Here's more info on SDKMAN and more info on jenv if you'd like more background on these tools.
Solution no. 10:
To stay with a specific major release, activate the AdoptOpenJDK tap with brew tap and then install the desired version with brew cask install:
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To install AdoptOpenJDK 14 with HotSpot, run: