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In this tutorial, we will go through the steps to set $JAVA_HOME environment variable on latest or older Mac OSX. 
<h3 id="mac-osx-105-or-later">Mac OSX 10.5 or later</h3>
In Mac OSX 10.5 or later, Apple recommends to set the $JAVA_HOME variable to /usr/libexec/java_home, just export $JAVA_HOME in file ~/.bash_profile or ~/.profile
<pre><code class="lang-BASH">$ vim ~/.bash_profile 

export JAVA_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home)

$ source .bash_profile

$ echo $JAVA_HOME
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In this tutorial, we will go through the steps to set **$JAVA_HOME** environment variable on latest or older Mac OSX.  
  
  
  
  
### Mac OSX 10.5 or later  

In Mac OSX 10.5 or later, Apple recommends to set the **$JAVA_HOME** variable to **/usr/libexec/java_home**, just export **$JAVA_HOME** in file **~/.bash_profile** or **~/.profile**

 
```BASH
$ vim ~/.bash_profile 

export JAVA_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home)

$ source .bash_profile

$ echo $JAVA_HOME
``` 


Mac OS : Set $JAVA_HOME environment variable

Mac OSX 10.5 or later