# “libvec.dylib” Not Opened

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/libvec-dylib-not-opened/385136>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 20, 2026, 11:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/libvec-dylib-not-opened/385136 "2026-02-20T11:49:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![anjanesh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/anjanesh/32/146948_2.png) [@anjanesh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/anjanesh)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 11:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/libvec-dylib-not-opened/385136/1 "2026-02-20T11:49:37Z")

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I can’t seem to get EleasticSearch 9.3.0 working on my MacBook Air M2 - Sequoia 15.7.4 (24G517)

```auto
bin % ./elasticsearch --version
Version: 9.3.0, Build: tar/17b451d8979a29e31935fe1eb901310350b30e62/2026-01-29T10:05:46.708397977Z, JVM: 25.0.1

```

 ![CleanShot 2026-02-20 at 17.19.16@2x](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/8/7/87e8a7c34337964a7ed92faed2c8306c6eb1dd7a.png)

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**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2026, 2:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/libvec-dylib-not-opened/385136/2 "2026-02-21T02:19:05Z")

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Hi @anjanesh Welcome to the community.

Confirming you downloaded the ARM tar.gz?

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**Author:** ![anjanesh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/anjanesh/32/146948_2.png) [@anjanesh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/anjanesh)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2026, 3:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/libvec-dylib-not-opened/385136/3 "2026-02-21T03:14:40Z")

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This is what I downloaded - can confirm this by seeing what’s still in my ~/Downloads folder :

elasticsearch-9.3.0-darwin-aarch64.tar.gz

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**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2026, 4:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/libvec-dylib-not-opened/385136/4 "2026-02-21T04:16:04Z")

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BTW can you try starting elasticsearch properly from the home directory not the `bin`

`$ ./bin/elasticsearch`

Also did you read the docs about Gate Keeper

I would recommend reading that whole page

> **[Install Elasticsearch from archive on Linux or MacOS | Elastic Docs](https://www.elastic.co/docs/deploy-manage/deploy/self-managed/install-elasticsearch-from-archive-on-linux-macos#install-macos)**
>
> The MacOS archive for Elasticsearch can be downloaded and installed as follows: | Elasticsearch is available as a .tar.gz archive for Linux and MacOS. Download and install the archive for Linux or MacOS. The Linux archive for Elasticsearch...

> To prevent Gatekeeper checks on the Elasticsearch files, run the following command on the downloaded .tar.gz archive or the directory to which it was extracted:
> 
> xattr -d -r com.apple.quarantine   
> Alternatively, you can add a security override by following the instructions in the If you want to open an app that hasn’t been notarized or is from an unidentified developer section of