openjdk

Install command:
brew install openjdk

Also known as: java, openjdk@26

Development kit for the Java programming language

https://openjdk.org/

License: GPL-2.0-only WITH Classpath-exception-2.0

Development: Pull requests

Formula JSON API: /api/formula/openjdk.json

Formula code: openjdk.rb on GitHub

Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:

macOS on
Apple Silicon
golden gate
tahoe
sequoia
sonoma
macOS on
Intel
sonoma
Linux ARM64
x86_64

Current versions:

stable 26.0.2.1

Other versions:

openjdk@25 25.0.4.1 Development kit for the Java programming language
openjdk@21 21.0.12.1 Development kit for the Java programming language
openjdk@17 17.0.20.1 Development kit for the Java programming language
openjdk@11 11.0.32.1 Development kit for the Java programming language
openjdk@8 1.8.0-504 Development kit for the Java programming language

Keg-only because macOS provides similar software.

Depends on:

freetype 2.14.3 Software library to render fonts
giflib 6.1.3 Library and utilities for processing GIFs
harfbuzz 14.4.0 OpenType text shaping engine
jpeg-turbo 3.2.0 JPEG image codec that aids compression and decompression
libpng 1.6.58 Library for manipulating PNG images
little-cms2 2.19.1 Color management engine supporting ICC profiles

Depends on when building from source:

autoconf 2.73 Automatic configure script builder
pkgconf 3.0.7 Package compiler and linker metadata toolkit

Uses from macOS: unzip (build), zip (build), cups (no_linkage)

Requires: Xcode (build)

Binaries: jar, jarsigner, java, javac, javadoc, javap, jcmd, jconsole, jdb, jdeprscan, jdeps, jfr, jhsdb, jimage, jinfo, jlink, jmap, jmod, jnativescan, jpackage, jps, jshell, jstack, jstat, jstatd, jwebserver, keytool, rmiregistry, serialver

For the system Java wrappers to find this JDK, symlink it with
    sudo ln -sfn $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/opt/openjdk/libexec/openjdk.jdk /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/openjdk.jdk

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Build Errors151