Unable to install java8 with homebrew

Issue

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

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.

Answered By - Kiskae