How to install Java 8 on osx macOS Mojave with Homebrew?

Question

At the moment Java 8 is still required for some apps like:

• Android SDK / Android Studio
• Jenkins
• Ionic ...

With brew install

Answer 1

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You can install Java 8 on macOS Mojave like this:

brew tap caskroom/versions
brew cask install java8

In case the latest java version was already installed, uninstall it with:

brew cask remove java