Unable to install java8 with homebrew

Question

Installing java8 with Homebrew seems to no longer be working. After running:

brew install caskroom/cask/java8

I get the following error:

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

Simply doing:

brew cask install java8

Errors out with:

Error: Cask 'java8' is unavailable: No Cask with this name exists.

This seems like a recent development because I remember installing it this way a few months ago. Any suggestions on how to properly install java8 on MacOS nowadays?

Solution 1

This has already been answered as a github issue: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask-versions/issues/7253

TLDR: the java8 artefact refers to the Oracle distribution, which has ceased being supported/available. If you really need java 1.8 instead of the latest versions you can take a look at AdoptOpenJDK/homebrew-openjdk.

Solution 2

New command is now :

brew install --cask homebrew/cask-versions/adoptopenjdk8

Solution 3

The command is now brew cask install homebrew/cask-versions/adoptopenjdk8

Solution 4

brew install homebrew/cask-versions/adoptopenjdk8 --cask

In the latest changes of homebrew cask will have to be at the last.

Solution 5

For Homebrew 2.7.0. the brew cask commands are disabled

The command is now changed to

brew install --cask adoptopenjdk/openjdk/adoptopenjdk8

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Comments

[Alexander Suraphel]

Thanks. Is there any difference between the two?

[Kiskae]

Presumably the oracle distribution could have proprietary additions, while the AdoptOpenJDK distribution is just a build of the open-source OpenJDK project.

[Jatin]

Doesn't work for me but this works as suggested by Corey - brew cask install homebrew/cask-versions/adoptopenjdk8

[waffles]

Updated command for me is brew install --cask homebrew/cask-versions/adoptopenjdk8

[cheesydoritosandkale]

That worked for me too uMdRupert - thank you!

[Sigfried]

Me too, @uMdRupert. Sorry to add "me too!" but there's a lot of other stuff here to try. I had nearly given up before trying that one.

[Vladimir Kuzomenskyi]

curl: (22) The requested URL returned error: 404 File not found Error: Download failed on Cask 'java8' with message: Download failed: localhost:8000/jdk-8u231-macosx-x64.dmg