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user6511334
user6511334

Reputation:

Uninstall Open JDK Zulu - Install Oracle JDK / Mac

I'm having some problems trying to install the last version of Oracle Java JDk on my Mac running macOS Catalina 10.15.7. Brief, when I use the java -version command I get this information: Java Version on my Mac

I never ever installed Zulu, does it come with the Mac or do I have it because I have anaconda navigator? Sorry but I don't use very often Java, I'm more a Python person

Anyways, I also tried to uninstall Java completely and install Java from scratch, but I still get that version and Zulu.

I would be extremely grateful if someone could tell how to get rid of Zulu or if I can use Oracle Java JDK without uninstalling Zulu.

Thank you very much in advance

Upvotes: 8

Views: 11111

Answers (4)

MindTooth
MindTooth

Reputation: 5168

I came here because I noticed the same. After running java_home, it told me that I had something in my home folder too.

$ java -version
openjdk version "15.0.10" 2023-01-17
OpenJDK Runtime Environment Zulu15.46+17-CA (build 15.0.10+5-MTS)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM Zulu15.46+17-CA (build 15.0.10+5-MTS, mixed mode)

$ /usr/libexec/java_home
/Users/<username>/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/azul-15.0.10/Contents/Home

After removing it:

$ rm -rf Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/azul-15.0.10/

$ java -version
The operation couldn’t be completed. Unable to locate a Java Runtime.
Please visit http://www.java.com for information on installing Java.

Upvotes: 0

Dr Neo
Dr Neo

Reputation: 824

The website uninstall page is changed to this:

https://docs.azul.com/core/zulu-openjdk/uninstall/macos

Launch Terminal and navigate to the JavaVirtualMachines directory:

    cd /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/
    # Display the list of directories:

    % ls -1
    zulu-11.jdk
    zulu-13.jre
    zulu-15.jdk

Each directory corresponds to a version of Azul Zulu.

To uninstall a specific version of Azul Zulu, use the following command:

sudo rm -rf <zulu_directory>
# For example, to uninstall Azul Zulu 11 JDK, run:
sudo rm -rf zulu-11.jdk

Note

There are two other locations that should not be rm as they are shipped with the macOS these are

# java_home
/usr/libexec
# java 
/usr/bin/ 
# try to find them using 
# at /usr/bin/ for example
#/usr/bin
ls -lgh | grep java | xargs -I {}
# you will get all the wheel 
-rwxr-xr-x 52 wheel 164K May 10 06:30 java
-rwxr-xr-x 52 wheel 164K May 10 06:30 javac
-rwxr-xr-x 52 wheel 164K May 10 06:30 javadoc
-rwxr-xr-x 52 wheel 164K May 10 06:30 javah
-rwxr-xr-x 52 wheel 164K May 10 06:30 javap
-rwxr-xr-x 52 wheel 164K May 10 06:30 javapackager
-rwxr-xr-x 52 wheel 164K May 10 06:30 javaws

Upvotes: 7

Saba
Saba

Reputation: 1541

rm -rf /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/

Upvotes: 3

R Buragohain
R Buragohain

Reputation: 45

For reference - in ubuntu 18.04 - the following would do:

rm -rf /usr/lib/jvm/*zulu*

rm -rf /var/lib/dpkg/info/zulu*

Upvotes: 1

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