How to set JAVA_HOME in Mac OS X Catalina? | Java Tutorials for Beginners

In this tutorial, we will learn to set up the JAVA_HOME environment variable in Mac OS X. I have working with os x Catalina. If you guys have a previous version of Mac OS X, you can apply the same process to set java_home.

Find the JDK package in the following path:
/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/

Step 1: Now we need to set the JAVA_HOME environment variable. (for first time users: first-time installation)

Terminal command to open bash_profile file in edit mode:
open ~/.bash_profile

Add the following entries in the bash_profile file.
export JAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/adoptopenjdk-11.jdk/Contents/Home

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