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Java 17 for 10.8, 10.9, 10.10, and 10.11 & Java 11 for 10.6-10.11 (JDK)

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Jazzzny

Jazzzny

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Hello everyone,

After a lot of trial and error and many patches, I have finally gotten the Java 17 JDK compiling properly for OS X 10.8-10.11 and the Java 11 JDK compiling for OS X 10.6-10.11. These operating systems have not run a modern version of Java for quite a while, so this should be very useful for modern applications.

I have tested several applications and they all work perfectly. This is still work-in-progress, so please report any issues you encounter.

Download here:
https://github.com/Jazzzny/jdk-mavericks/releases/latest


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P.S. For anyone who wants to play Minecraft, ATLauncher is the way to go, with full MSA Authentication support.

Tested Applications:
- Minecraft 1.20.1
- ATLauncher
- Ghidra
- JDownloader2
- IntelliJ IDEA 2023.1.3
- Pycharm 2023.1.3
- Android Studio (No emulator)
 
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Thanks for this! I'm assuming the only piece of macports legacy-support used is the libc wrapper dylib? You should be able to bundle that with the JDK so users don't have to install it separately.
 
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f54da said:
Thanks for this! I'm assuming the only piece of macports legacy-support used is the libc wrapper dylib? You should be able to bundle that with the JDK so users don't have to install it separately.
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I'm install_name_tool-ing the JVM in order to supply certain missing symbols. I plan on bundling the dylib, which I'll look into once I get the time.


Also, I've enabled the wikipost feature. For anyone, feel free to add any software that you confirm is working.
 
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Hello everyone, I've also gotten 10.8 working with Java 17, albeit with some issues. I'll post my "Release 2" later today, which should contain quite a few improvements.
 
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I have uploaded release 2 to GitHub. It contains:
  • 10.8 Mountain Lion support (beta)
  • Numerous compiler optimizations
  • Branding changes
  • Automated .pkg installers

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Any chance you can do the entire JDK, not just JRE? Looking at the release page this does seem to be the full jdk.

Btw some other software that can benefit from jre17 are ghidra and intellij. Intellij usually uses its own custom jre, but there's an env var you can override to use your own. I've never tried that though.

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Ah I see you've already tested Ghidra per the OP. Nice!
 
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IntelliJ is working perfectly after replacing it's bundled JDK with my custom build and placing the macports dylib next to IntelliJ's executable!
Screen Shot 2023-07-09 at 1.15.53 PM.png
 
Same can be said for Pycharm.
Screen Shot 2023-07-09 at 1.27.06 PM.png

Edit: Since Pycharm and IntelliJ rely on a dylib compiled for 10.12 to enable the macOS menubar buttons, they will not show up. To work around this, add -DjbScreenMenuBar.enabled=false to the VM options file ( Contents -> Bin -> appname.vmoptions) to enable the built-in menubar:
Screen Shot 2023-07-09 at 1.37.10 PM.png


Edit 2: You can use the https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/16244-hide-title-bar plugin to get rid of the strange padding above the menu options:
Screen Shot 2023-07-09 at 1.47.05 PM.png
 
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Thank you for testing, that's amazing!

>replacing it's bundled JDK with my custom build

Did you do this by setting `idea.jdk` (as per https://intellij-support.jetbrains....ecting-the-JDK-version-the-IDE-will-run-under), or is there a better way to do it?

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https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-community/tree/master/native/MacScreenMenu/src should have the source for that dylb. It doesn't seem like it makes particular use any 10.12+ specific symbols, so it should be possible to swizzle/polyfill whatever symbols it's trying to reference (maybe even just inserting macports legacy support might be sufficient). Is there a crash log or something you can share?
 
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This is great! That is some awesome work. I'll keep updating any Java 8+ for Snow Leopard posts on StackOverflow etc. with your Java 11 Version
 
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Hi! I’m not sure if I downloaded the file properly and installed it to the right place (as I’m new to this technological stuff). But when I installed the suggested file (MacOs 10.11 El Capitan), it doesn’t show up in my settings or anywhere within my computer. I’ve also deleted my old Java software in case it was due to them coexisting; but still no luck.
 
Jazzzny said:
Hello everyone,

After a lot of trial and error and many patches, I have finally gotten the Java 17 JDK compiling properly for OS X 10.8-10.11 and the Java 11 JDK compiling for OS X 10.6-10.11. These operating systems have not run a modern version of Java for quite a while, so this should be very useful for modern applications.

I have tested several applications and they all work perfectly. This is still work-in-progress, so please report any issues you encounter.

Download here:
https://github.com/Jazzzny/jdk-mavericks/releases/latest


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P.S. For anyone who wants to play Minecraft, ATLauncher is the way to go, with full MSA Authentication support.

Tested Applications:
- Minecraft 1.20.1
- ATLauncher
- Ghidra
- JDownloader2
- IntelliJ IDEA 2023.1.3
- Pycharm 2023.1.3
- Android Studio (No emulator)
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y'all, the git hub downloads aren't working apparently, can anyone send me the jdk for 10.6+ please? thanks
 
veemyu said:
This is great! That is some awesome work. I'll keep updating any Java 8+ for Snow Leopard posts on StackOverflow etc. with your Java 11 Version
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hey sorry if i pop up like this, i wanted to ask you if you could send me the downloaded version for 10.6-10.11, git hub isn't working apparently.. thank you
 
Good thing I have thread messages on :D And save every kind of legacy related software to my NAS.
Here is both the Java 17 and Java 11 Version for Snow Leopard

drive.proton.me

Proton Drive

Securely store, share, and access your important files and photos. Anytime, anywhere.
drive.proton.me drive.proton.me

Cheers
 
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veemyu said:
Good thing I have thread messages on :D And save every kind of legacy related software to my NAS.
Here is both the Java 17 and Java 11 Version for Snow Leopard

drive.proton.me

Proton Drive

Securely store, share, and access your important files and photos. Anytime, anywhere.
drive.proton.me drive.proton.me

Cheers
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thank you so much!!! you are a life saver, i wish you a great day
 
veemyu said:
Good thing I have thread messages on :D And save every kind of legacy related software to my NAS.
Here is both the Java 17 and Java 11 Version for Snow Leopard

drive.proton.me

Proton Drive

Securely store, share, and access your important files and photos. Anytime, anywhere.
drive.proton.me drive.proton.me

Cheers
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thank you so much!!! you are a life saver, i wish you a great day
veemyu said:
It seems Jazzzny just restructured the GitHub Repository. Here are the updated (old) links.

github.com

Release Old releases · Jazzzny/jdk-macos-legacy-old

jazzzny-17.jdk.zip - JDK17 release 1 jdk-17-mavericks.pkg, jdk-17-mountainlion.pkg, mavericks-17.jdk.zip, mountainlion-17.jdk.zip - JDK17 release 2 jdk-11-snowleopard-r1.pkg - JDK11 release 1
github.com github.com
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thanks for the link too... also i am running into lots of issues on mac os 10.6.8, i have atlauncher and even when i install java 11 it says probably that i require java 8 but the text is all chinese, i tried a few other launchers and yet no luck, has this happened to you too?
 
Jazzzny said:
I'm currently working on new releases, which should be released relatively soon. They're much newer, faster, and work on 10.8 (21/17) and 10.6 (11/1.8).
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do you have a potenital time span untill release for java 1.8 or 11 for 10.6?
 
Hopefully these new builds will be out this weekend. I've compiled Java 17/21, just need to test them and finish the builds for 8/11.
 
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does anyone knows how to run minecraft using the release of java 11 on 10.6.8? i've tried so hard lately to just get minecraft launchers to boot up, i tried atlauncher as it works on 10.7 and newer, i tried olauncher but nothing. thanksss
 
You should be able to run the ATLauncher .jar on 10.6 to play 1.12.2 in online mode. What issues are you running into?
 
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