What should I set JAVA HOME environment variable on macOS X 10 6

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Many Java applications that use shell scripts to configure their environment use the JAVA HOME environment variable to start the correct version of Java  locate JRE JARs  and so on   In macOS X 10 6  the following paths seem to be valid for this variable   Library Java Home  System Library Frameworks JavaVM framework Home  System Library Frameworks JavaVM framework Versions Current   Some of these are symlinks to the actual current VM  as defined in the Java Preference pane     But which one should be used   or is it okay to use any of them

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I am having MAC OS X Sierra  10 12 2    I set JAVA HOME to work on React Native for Android apps  by following the following steps    Open Terminal  Command R  type Terminal  Hit ENTER   Add the following lines to    bash profile   export JAVA HOME    usr libexec java home   Now run the following command    source    bash profile  You can check the exact value of JAVA HOME by typing the following command   echo  JAVA HOME    The value output  returned will be something like below    Library Java JavaVirtualMachines jdk1 8 0 131 jdk Contents Home   That s it

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I ve found this stack to help  i was having the same issue and i could fix   My java path was here    Library Internet Plug-Ins JavaAppletPlugin plugin Contents Home  and was needed to put into my  bash profile   export JAVA HOME    Library Internet Plug-Ins JavaAppletPlugin plugin Contents Home    Hope help

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As other answers note  the correct way to find the Java home directory is to use  usr libexec java home   The official documentation for this is in Apple s Technical Q amp A QA1170  Important Java Directories on OS X  https   developer apple com library mac qa qa1170  index html

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I m on Mac OS 10 6 8  The easiest solution works for me is simply put in    export JAVA HOME    usr libexec java home    To test whether it works  put in    echo  JAVA HOME   it shows   System Library Java JavaVirtualMachines 1 6 0 jdk Contents Home   you can also test     which java

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Skipping Terminal setup since you mentioned applications  permanent system environment variable set up  works for macOS Sierra  should work for El Capitan too      launchctl setenv JAVA HOME    usr libexec java home -v 1 8     this will set JAVA HOME to the latest 1 8 JDK  chances are you have gone through serveral updates e g  javac 1 8 0 101  javac 1 8 0 131  Of course  change 1 8 to 1 7 or 1 6  really   to suit your need and your system

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I just set JAVA HOME to the output of that command  which should give you the Java path specified in your Java preferences  Here s a snippet from my  bashrc file  which sets this variable   export JAVA HOME    usr libexec java home    I haven t experienced any problems with that technique   Occasionally I do have to change the value of JAVA HOME to an earlier version of Java  For example  one program I m maintaining requires 32-bit Java 5 on OS X  so when using that program  I set JAVA HOME by running    export JAVA HOME    usr libexec java home -v 1 5    For those of you who don t have java home in your path add it like this   sudo ln -s  System Library Frameworks JavaVM framework Versions Current Commands java home  usr libexec java home   References     Oracle explains the java home command An article for configuring the JDK in Spring Tool Suite  Eclipse 2019  on MacOS

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For me maven seems to work off the  mavenrc file   echo  export JAVA HOME    usr libexec java home -v 1 8    gt     mavenrc   I m sure I picked it up on SO too  just can t remember where

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Also  it s interesting to set your PATH to reflect the JDK  After adding JAVA HOME  which can be done with the example cited by  mipadi     export JAVA HOME    usr libexec java home   Add also in    profile   export PATH   JAVA HOME  bin  PATH  P S   For OSX  I generally use  profile in the HOME dir instead of  bashrc

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That above works not any more in YOSEMITE for GRAPHICAL APPLICATIONS  Like eclipse  or anything started with Spotlight    bash profile  launchd conf works for terminal sessions only    Before starting eclipse  just open a terminal window  and give out the following command   launchctl setenv JAVA HOME  Library Java JavaVirtualMachines jdk1 7 0 45 jdk Contents Home    With your installation path  Perhaps works with    usr libexec java home  instead of the full path too    View the whole excellent article about the permanent solution here  Setting environment variables via launchd conf no longer works in OS X Yosemite El Capitan macOS Sierra

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Nowadays Java seems to be installed in  Library Java JavaVirtualMachines

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It is recommended to check default terminal shell before set JAVA HOME environment variable  via following commands     echo  SHELL  bin bash   If your default terminal is  bin bash  Bash   then you should use  hygull method  If your default terminal is  bin zsh  Z Shell   then you should set these environment variable in    zshenv file with following contents   export JAVA HOME     usr libexec java home     Similarly  any other terminal type not mentioned above  you should set environment variable in its respective terminal env file   This method tested working in macOS Mojave Version 10 14 6

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For Fish Shell users  use something like the following  alias java7  set -gx JAVA HOME   usr libexec java home -v1 7

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Create file    mavenrc  then paste this into the file   export JAVA HOME    usr libexec java home   test  mvn -v

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I tend to use  Library Java Home   The way the preferences pane works this should be up to date with your preferred version

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