So now I dug up a bit and found the solution. Okay then I got to know Lombok is not supported in Java 17, and Brew installed java 17 on my machine. So I realized, there is something wrong with the installation and went into reading some content on the web. So I saw details and went ahead with installation using, brew install javaīut then I faced this issue when compiling my spring boot project Failed to execute goal :maven-compiler-plugin:3.8.1:compile (default-compile) on project reachup-api: Fatal error compiling: : class (in unnamed module cannot access class .processing.JavacProcessingEnvironment (in module jdk.compiler) because module jdk.compiler does not export .processing to unnamed module -> openjdk is keg-only, which means it was not symlinked into /opt/homebrew, because macOS provides similar software and installing this software in parallel can cause all kinds of trouble. Output openjdk: stable 16.0.1 (bottled) Development kit for the Java programming language Not installed From: License: GPL-2.0-only with Classpath-exception-2.0 => Dependencies Build: autoconf ✘ => Requirements Build: Xcode ✘ => Caveats For the system Java wrappers to find this JDK, symlink it with sudo ln -sfn /opt/homebrew/opt/openjdk/libexec/openjdk.jdk /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/openjdk.jdk This is a beta version of openjdk for Apple Silicon (openjdk 17 preview). Output => Formulae app-engine-java java javacc jslint4java pdftk-java google-java-format java11 javarepl libreadline-java => Casks homebrew/cask-versions/java-beta homebrew/cask/eclipse-java Checking the details about the Formulae named java $ brew info java Naturally, I used the following commands to check and install the latest JDK using Homebrew Checking available Java versions via Homebrew $ brew seach java

I wanted to build and run a spring boot project. I recently got hold of a M1 MacBook Pro and was faced with the challenge of setting up java developer env.

Install openjdk 8 mac