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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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programmerjee commented May 4, 2020

Update: caskroom/versions was moved. Tap homebrew/cask-versions instead.
brew cask install homebrew/cask-versions/java8

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