Before installing YugabyteDB, ensure that you have the following available:

  • macOS 10.12 or later. If you are on Apple silicon, you need to download the macOS ARM package.

  • Python 3. To check the version, execute the following command:

    python --version
    
    Python 3.7.3
    
  • wget or curl.

    Note that the following instructions use the wget command to download files. If you prefer to use curl (included in macOS), you can replace wget with curl -O.

    To install wget on your Mac, you can run the following command if you use Homebrew:

    brew install wget