# Unable to install Curator CLI on macOS Sierra

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-install-curator-cli-on-macos-sierra/69224>\
**Category:** Elastic Community and Ecosystem\
**Created:** [December 15, 2016, 11:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-install-curator-cli-on-macos-sierra/69224 "2016-12-15T23:59:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![gsccheng](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/gsccheng/32/13904_2.png) [@gsccheng](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gsccheng)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 11:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-install-curator-cli-on-macos-sierra/69224/1 "2016-12-15T23:59:14Z")

</div>

Hi, I've followed the instructions [here](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/client/curator/current/pip.html) but calling with `pip3` instead of `pip` to get the latest version of Curator.

However executing `curator --help` from my command line gives `-bash: curator: command not found`

I see curator files installed in /Users/GabbAHH/Library/Python/3.5/lib/python/site-packages/curator

`/home/user/.local/bin/curator` from the instructions does not exist, nor the `curator` executable file anywhere in my computer. What can I do to properly set up the Curator CLI?

Thanks.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![theuntergeek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/theuntergeek/32/44961_2.png) [@theuntergeek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/theuntergeek)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2016, 12:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-install-curator-cli-on-macos-sierra/69224/2 "2016-12-16T00:13:59Z")

</div>

Can you share the full command you ran, with any applicable output?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![gsccheng](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/gsccheng/32/13904_2.png) [@gsccheng](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gsccheng)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2016, 12:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-install-curator-cli-on-macos-sierra/69224/3 "2016-12-16T00:27:29Z")

</div>

Thanks for your quick reply. I updated my post. Basically `curator --help` gives the output of `-bash: curator: command not found`

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2016, 4:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-install-curator-cli-on-macos-sierra/69224/4 "2016-12-16T04:46:19Z")

</div>

I think Aaron meant the pip command.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![gsccheng](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/gsccheng/32/13904_2.png) [@gsccheng](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gsccheng)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2016, 5:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-install-curator-cli-on-macos-sierra/69224/5 "2016-12-16T05:25:40Z")

</div>

Doh, I found out I installed with the -U tag thinking it was for all users and never installed it the first time. Thanks! This can be closed.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 5:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-install-curator-cli-on-macos-sierra/69224/6 "2017-01-13T05:26:01Z")

</div>

This topic was automatically closed 28 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.