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My previous post about installing Java on OS X received quite a bit of traffic, and I felt that some of the information was outdated, and it became a little unclear after all the edits, so I’ve endeavoured to create a much easier to understand set of instructions.

Java Download And Mac Os 10.11 El Capitan 11 El Capitan; Mac OS EL Capitan is one of the best-operating systems and twelfth major release of Apple. Although Apple has major new releases for macOS. However, in the case of Mac computers, Mac OS EL Capitan still has it all to be in the category of best Mac operating system. Running some applications on Mac version 10.12 Sierra, 10.10 Yosemite and 10.11 El Capitan, users are asked to install Java even after installing the latest version of Java.

The instructions for installing the JDK (Java Development Kit) are a subset of the instructions for installing just the JRE, because Oracle provides an installer for the JDK.

  1. Go to the Oracle Java downloads page and download the JDK installer. You should end up with a file named something similar to jdk-8u60-macosx-x64.dmg, but perhaps a newer version.
  2. Open the .dmg Disk Image and run the installer.
  3. Open Terminal
  4. Edit the JDK’s newly installed Info.plist file to enable the included JRE to be used from the the command line, and from bundled applications:

    The third line fixes a permissions issue create by using defaults write. The fourth line is not required, but makes the file more user-friendly if you open it again in a text editor.

  5. Create a link to add backwards compatibility for some applications made for older Java versions:
  6. Optional: If you’re actually using the JDK for software development, you may want to set the JAVA_HOME environment variable. The recommended way is to use /usr/libexec/java_home program, so I recommend setting JAVA_HOME in your .bash_profile like Jared suggests:

    This will get the latest installed Java’s home directory by default, but check out man java_home for ways to easily get other Java home directories.

You should be done now, so try and open the application. If it does not work, some applications require legacy Java 6 to be installed. You can have it installed without actually using it, however, it’s possible to trick the applications into thinking legacy Java 6 is installed, without actually doing so.

If you’re running El Capitan, this is actually a little difficult now, because Apple added SIP (System Integrity Protection) to OS X. I have written a post explaining how to disable and enable SIP.

If you’ve disabled SIP, or are not running El Capitan yet, you can trick some applications into thinking legacy Java 6 is installed by creating two folders with the following commands in Terminal:

Don’t forget to enable SIP again after creating these directories.

This article explains how to install Java 6 32bit on Mac OSX 10.10 Yosemite.

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Q: I upgraded my mac to OSX 10.10 Yosemite & 10.11 El Capitan and I am having trouble opening PDF Studio. I receive the message: “To open “PDF Studio 9” you need to install the legacy Java SE 6 runtime.” How can I fix this?

A: Like other applications such as Dreamweaver or Creative Suite, PDF Studio requires Java 6 in order to run. During the upgrade process to Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite or 10.11 El Capitan, Java may be uninstalled from your system. In order to reinstall and run PDF Studio you will need to install the Java 6 Runtime again. You may receive a dialog that will direct you to the site where you can download the Java 6 Runtime. Once installed you can proceed as normal with installing and using PDF Studio. You can follow the instructions below to complete the Java 6 installation.

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  1. Click on the “More Info…” button. The “More Info” button may be broken on some Yosemite minor versions. If so, go to the Mac Support site (support.apple.com/kb/DL1572) to download Java 6.
  2. Click on the Download button on the Mac support page
  3. This will begin downloading the Java installer. You can see the current status of the download on your dock.
  4. Once the download is complete, click on the downloads icon on the dock to open the download folder. Then click on the file labeled JavaForOSX2014-001.dmg to open the download.
  5. Then double click on the JavaForOSX.pkg file to open the Java 6 installer
  6. Follow the installation instructions to complete installing Java 6 on your system
  7. Once the installation is complete you can proceed as normal with installing and/or using PDF Studio. In some cases, you may need to reinstall PDF Studio as well due to the way that the Mac OSX 10.10 upgrade rearanges the files on the system.

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