How do I install FeatureBase Community on macOS?

Follow these instructions to install FeatureBase on a macOS environment.

Before you begin

• Learn about FeatureBase Community
• Obtain administrator permissions on your target environment
• Install Git
• Create and login to a GitHub account

Step 1 - Establish the correct release to install

• Open FeatureBase releases on GitHub
• Make note of the:
  • version (e.g., 3.32.0)
  • kernel = darwin
  • processor (arm or amd)

Step 2 - Download the release

Right-click the appropriate release on the GitHub releases page, then download to your /downloads directory.

Alternatively, you can download using the terminal.

• Open a terminal
• Create the installation directory:

mkdir featurebase

• CD to the /featurebase directory
• Run the following command after substituting correct values for:
  • <version>
  • <os> – linux or darwin (MacOS)
  • <processor>

curl -L https://github.com/FeatureBaseDB/featurebase/releases/download/v<version>/featurebase-v<version>-<os>-<processor>64.tar.gz -o featurebase.tar.gz

Step 3: Untar release files

• Run the following command from the /featurebase directory

tar -zxvf featurebase.tar.gz

Step 4: Set up /featurebase installation directory

• Move ingester files to the /opt directory

mv featurebase-* opt

• Move application files to the /idk directory

mv idk-* idk

Authorize FeatureBase with macOS Gatekeeper system

1. Open a Terminal Window
2. Run the following command to disable the quarantine flag:

xattr -d com.apple.quarantine opt/featurebase
xattr -d com.apple.quarantine idk/*

Next step

• Startup and connect to FeatureBase