# Installing ElasticSearch on Mac OS X **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [July 26, 2011, 7:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-elasticsearch-on-mac-os-x/4962 "2011-07-26T07:55:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Pawel\_Krakowiak](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/pawel_krakowiak/32/2615_2.png) [@Pawel\_Krakowiak](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Pawel_Krakowiak)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2011, 7:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-elasticsearch-on-mac-os-x/4962/1 "2011-07-26T07:55:34Z")
I just installed ES on Mac OS X using Homebrew and got a warning near the end: Warning: JARs were installed to "lib". Installing JARs to "lib" can cause conflicts between packages. For Java software, it is typically better for the formula to install to "libexec" and then symlink or wrap binaries into "bin". See "activemq", "jruby", etc. for examples. I have no idea about that and just started using a Mac, don't know if that's important nor whether it should be reported here or somewhere else, but I just want to notify you. ---
**Author:** ![fucema](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/fucema/32/3160_2.png) [@fucema](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/fucema)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2011, 8:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-elasticsearch-on-mac-os-x/4962/2 "2011-07-26T08:07:25Z")
Personally, I don't think you need to use Homebrew or any management package to install ElasticSearch. It's simple enough to untar, mv to /usr/local and then sudo ln -s ... cd elasticsearch; bin/elasticsearch -f EDIT: wget [https://github.com/downloads/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-0.17.1.tar.gz](https://github.com/downloads/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-0.17.1.tar.gz) tar zxvf elasticsearch-0.17.1.tar.gz sudo mv elasticsearch-0.17.1 /usr/local cd /usr/local sudo ln -s elasticsearch-0.17.1 elasticsearch cd elasticsearch bin/elasticsearch -f voila ---
**Author:** ![kimchy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kimchy/32/44952_2.png) [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2011, 8:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-elasticsearch-on-mac-os-x/4962/3 "2011-07-26T08:14:39Z")
Needs to be checked, I thought it was fixed (the warning) already in latest recipes of elasticsearch, if someone is up to it, it would be great 🙂 On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 10:55 AM, Pawel Krakowiak \<[pawel.krakowiak@gmail.com](mailto:pawel.krakowiak@gmail.com) > wrote: > I just installed ES on Mac OS X using Homebrew and got a warning near > the end: > > Warning: JARs were installed to "lib". > Installing JARs to "lib" can cause conflicts between packages. > For Java software, it is typically better for the formula to > install to "libexec" and then symlink or wrap binaries into "bin". > See "activemq", "jruby", etc. for examples. > > I have no idea about that and just started using a Mac, don't know if > that's important nor whether it should be reported here or somewhere > else, but I just want to notify you. ---
**Author:** ![Ivan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/df788c/32.png) [@Ivan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ivan)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2011, 4:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-elasticsearch-on-mac-os-x/4962/4 "2011-07-26T16:16:31Z")
I agree. There is no make/configure process with Elastic Search, so the need for a yum/apt/homebrew is not great. In addition, there are many breaking index changes with newer versions of ES, particularly due to Lucene upgrades, so I would not be too quick in rolling out server updates. -- Ivan On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 4:07 AM, fucema [fucema@gmail.com](mailto:fucema@gmail.com) wrote: > Personally, I don't think you need to use Homebrew or any management > package > to install Elasticsearch. It's simple enough to untar, mv to /usr/local and > then sudo ln -s ... cd elasticsearch; bin/elasticsearch -f > > -- > View this message in context: > [http://elasticsearch-users.115913.n3.nabble.com/Installing-ElasticSearch-on-Mac-OS-X-tp3199715p3199738.html](http://elasticsearch-users.115913.n3.nabble.com/Installing-ElasticSearch-on-Mac-OS-X-tp3199715p3199738.html) > Sent from the Elasticsearch Users mailing list archive at [Nabble.com](http://Nabble.com). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 3:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-elasticsearch-on-mac-os-x/4962/5 "2017-07-06T03:59:15Z")