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Update: https://www.cyanhall.com/posts/notes/7.homebrew-cheatsheet/#java

on El Capitan, after installing the brew...

$ brew update
$ brew tap caskroom/cask
$ brew install Caskroom/cask/java

And Java 8 will be installed at /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.xxx.jdk/

Check version:

$ java -version 
java version "1.8.0_74"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_74-b02)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.74-b02, mixed mode)
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bogste commented Oct 17, 2017 •
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Thanks for this!

Since that command will always install the latest version of Java (currently 9), for the older Java 8, the command is: brew cask install caskroom/versions/java8.
Also, one can query what will be installed via brew cask info caskroom/versions/java8 beforehand.

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randy3k commented Oct 23, 2017

Thanks @bogste

brew cask install caskroom/versions/java8

works for me.

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madwyn commented Feb 25, 2018

brew cask install java

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hareentej2 commented Mar 12, 2018 •
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@madwyn brew cask install java isn't working with error

==> Downloading http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/9.0.4+11/c2514751926
######################################################################## 100.0%
curl: (6) Could not resolve host: download.oracle.com

curl: (22) The requested URL returned error: 408 Request Time-out
Error: Download failed on Cask 'java' with message: Download failed: http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/9.0.4+11/c2514751926b4512b076cc82f959763f/jdk-9.0.4_osx-x64_bin.dmg
The incomplete download is cached at /Users/hareentej22/Library/Caches/Homebrew/Cask/java--9.0.4,11:c2514751926b4512b076cc82f959763f.dmg.incomplete

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Thanks @bogste! @JeOam might be worth updating since you've got high results on google w/ this Gist?

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musha34 commented Apr 11, 2019 •
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Need Java8 but accidentally installed latest java12. What's the procedure to uninstall 12?

--- Nevermind. I did it with:
brew cask uninstall java

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Cask 'java8' is unavailable: '/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/caskroom/homebrew-versions/Casks/java8.rb' does not exist.

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programmerjee commented May 4, 2020 •
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Update: caskroom/versions was moved. Tap homebrew/cask-versions instead.
brew cask install homebrew/cask-versions/java8

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