无法在 OSX 上从版本 14 降级到 Java JDK 8

Question

I've followed the oracle instructions to uninstall Java on OSX. I restart my Mac, and 'java -version' says JDK 14. Then I installed JDK 8.

I've followed many different stack exchange answers to downgrade Java. Every other command indicates I am on Java 8, and the Java control pannel says it is on Java 8 in the JRE settings and Java 8 Update 261 in the update settings.

However, when I do java -version it still says I am on Java 14. Nothing I do seems to fix it.

Does anyone know what might be causing this?

Thanks.

Answer 1

Here some guide which could help https://explainjava.com/uninstall-java-macos/

If you plan to support multiple versions I would recommend using sdk

# list all possible java versions
sdk list java

# Install your favourite version
sdk install java <Identifier>

# Set which version you prefer to be default
sdk default java <Idenfifier>