How to set or change the default Java (JDK) version on OS X?

Question

How can you change the default version of Java on a mac?

Answer 1

If still u are not able to set it. using this command.

export JAVA_HOME=/usr/libexec/java_home -v 1.8

then you have to use this one.

export JAVA_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home -v 1.8)

it will surely work.