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Environmental setting to execute Java Application on Mac

Installation of Open JDK

1. Visit the Open JDK site, and download it.
2. Decompress the file in a suitable directory,
   $ tar xvzf openjdk-12.0.1_osx-x64_bin.tar.gz
3. Move the directory to /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/,
   $ sudo mv jdk-12.0.1 /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/
4. Execute the following command,
   $ /usr/libexec/java_home -V
5. Export the following environment variable in .bashrc,
   export JAVA_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home)
6. Renew the shell
   $ source ~/.bash_profile

Installation of OpenJFX

1. Visit the OpenJFX site, and download it.
2. Decompress the zip file in a suitable directory.
3. Move the directory to /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/,
   $ sudo mv javafx-sdk-12.0.1 /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/
4. Set the path in .bashrc as follows,
   $ export PATH_TO_FX=/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/javafx-sdk-12.0.1/lib

Execution of jar file

• Execute the following command in your terminal,
  $ java -jar --module-path $PATH_TO_FX --add-modules=javafx.controls,javafx.swing JavaFXAnalysisTools.jar