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You can install legacy versions of Java in OS X El Capitan by using the Java for OS X 2015-001 installer, which includes Java 6. To be clear, Java 6 is a version from 2013, it is outdated and no longer supported by Oracle, it has various known security holes, and is therefore inappropriate for most Mac users to install without a compelling reason. Sep 30, 2015 After you install the Java SE 6 Runtime for El Capitan, your normal Adobe software functions will return, such as Photoshop and Illustrator CS5. Alternatively, you can purchase the newest Adobe Creative Cloud software from here and not have this Java issue. Please consider a small and secure donation if this post helped you with.

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How do you downgrade Java version on MacOSX El Capitan? Right now when I run java -version I get:

java version '9.0.1' Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 9.0.1+11) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 9.0.1+11, mixed mode)

I need to have it say:

java version '1.8.0_25' Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 9.0.1+11) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 9.0.1+11, mixed mode)

So I can run a specific npm java based package.

Java For El Capitan

I tried following instructions on Java website for uninstall/re-install with no luck. They suggest to run these 3 commands:

Doing this seems to do nothing. When I run java -version I still get the same result.

I watched this video But I cannot find the JavaAppletPlugin.plugin referenced in video.

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What am I doing wrong? How do you change Java version on El Capitan Mac OS?

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Java_se_6_for_el_capitan

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Look at SDKMAN - http://sdkman.io/

You install it, then do sdk list java

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You can install any or all of these, and select whichever one you want to use and set a default, as well:

Java For El Capitan

See the docs here: