Mac OS X

The preferred method for installing ArangoDB under Mac OS X is homebrew. However, in case you are not using homebrew, we provide a command-line app which contains all the executables.

There is also a version available in the AppStore, which comes with a nice graphical user interface to start and stop the server.

Homebrew

If you are using homebrew, then you can install the ArangoDB using brew as follows:

brew install arangodb

This will install the current stable version of ArangoDB and all dependencies within your Homebrew tree. Note that the server will be installed as:

/usr/local/sbin/arangod

The ArangoDB shell will be installed as:

/usr/local/bin/arangosh

If you want to install the latest (unstable) version use:

brew install --HEAD arangodb

You can uninstall ArangoDB using:

brew uninstall arangodb

However, in case you started ArangoDB using the launchctl, you need to unload it before uninstalling the server:

launchctl unload ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.arangodb.plist

Then remove the LaunchAgent:

rm ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.arangodb.plist

Note: If the latest ArangoDB Version is not shown in homebrew, you also need to update homebrew:

brew update

Known issues

• Performance - the LLVM delivered as of Mac OS X El Capitan builds slow binaries. Use GCC instead
• the Commandline argument parsing doesn’t accept blanks in filenames; the CLI version below does.

Apple’s App Store

ArangoDB is available in Apple’s App-Store. Please note, that it sometimes takes days or weeks until the latest versions are available.

Command-Line App

In case you are not using homebrew, we also provide a command-line app. You can download it from the ArangoDB download page.

Choose Mac OS X and go to Grab binary packages directly. This allows you to install the application ArangoDB-CLI in your application folder.

Starting the application will start the server and open a terminal window showing you the log-file.

ArangoDB server has been started

The database directory is located at
   '/Applications/ArangoDB-CLI.app/Contents/MacOS/opt/arangodb/var/lib/arangodb'

The log file is located at
   '/Applications/ArangoDB-CLI.app/Contents/MacOS/opt/arangodb/var/log/arangodb/arangod.log'

You can access the server using a browser at 'http://127.0.0.1:8529/'
or start the ArangoDB shell
   '/Applications/ArangoDB-CLI.app/Contents/MacOS/arangosh'

Switching to log-file now, killing this windows will NOT stop the server.


2013-10-27T19:42:04Z [23840] INFO ArangoDB (version 1.4.devel [darwin]) is ready for business. Have fun!

Note that it is possible to install both, the homebrew version and the command-line app. You should, however, edit the configuration files of one version and change the port used.