In this section, we will take look at how to install Java step-by-step on an OS X platform. I will describe the installation process for the released version available at the time of writing this book. As for now, the Java 9 early access version is a bit tricky to install. It is probable that version Java 9 will have similar or the same install steps as Java 8 update 92 has.
The OS X version of Java comes in the form of a .dmg file. This is a packaging format of OS X. To open it, simply double click on the file in the Download folder where the browser saves it and the operating system will mount the file as a read-only disk image.
There is only one file on this disk: the installation image. Double click on the file ...
