Installing CKAN on OSX

Installing manually

This guide assume that your downloads go into the default "Downloads" directory.

1. Download and install Mono

2. Get the latest version of CKAN from the releases page

3. Press Cmd+Spacebar on your keyboard, type "Terminal" and the press Enter

4. In the terminal that opens type the following with an Enter keystroke after each line

   cd Downloads
   mono ckan.exe
   

   Note that you may need to specify the architecture (32 bit is required for the GUI). If plain mono ckan.exe does not launch the app, then try making mono more chatty. The verbose setting can be removed once you figure out how to get it running, but its error messages might make that process easier:

   mono --verbose --arch=32 ckan.exe
   

Installing via Homebrew

NOTE: As of early 2019, Mono does not work when installed via Homebrew, see Homebrew/homebrew-core#35848. Use the above method to install Mono.

UPDATE: The above issue has been closed by the Homebrew team despite the problem still existing and no progress having been made toward a fix. Do not use Homebrew.