Or, if you don't want/need a background service you can just run: To have launchd start mongodb now and restart at login: This should trigger a set of actions, of which the first will be a brew update Updating Homebrew.Īfter updating itself, brew will download the latest mongodb package ‘bottle’ and install it using the default settings. Open the Terminal app and type the following: brew install mongodb Installing MongoDB using Homebrew is pretty straightforward but some familiarity with the terminal is beneficial. To learn more about Homebrew visit or the Wiki page here Homebrew is a great little utility to aid application installations and does a great job in packaging up and simplifying the install process.
