If you don’t have Homebrew already installed, you can easily install it by following the instructions on the official homepage. For this reason, it is highly recommended that you use Homebrew to help you install Elasticsearch (or many other packages you may desire down the road). Homebrew is a basic package manager utility for OS X that allows for simple installation of other applications while Homebrew takes care of all the messy stuff in the background. Most OS X users should be familiar with Homebrew (often simply called brew). In this tutorial, we’ll explore two methods to help you properly install Elasticsearch on OS X. Mac OS X Version 10.6 and below Use Software Update available on the Apple menu to check that you have the most up-to-date version of Java 6 for your Mac. The reasons can range from missing dependencies that the new application relies on to incompatible versions of existing libraries and packages. Oracle also provides the latest OpenJDK release under the open source GPL License at. When installing applications in a Unix-based operating system like OS X occasionally issues may arise.