1. Download latest source # Get latest from MongoDB website $ curl -O https://fastdl.mongodb.org/osx/mongodb-osx-x86_64-3.4.6.tgz $ tar -zxvf mongodb-osx-x86_64-3.4.6.tgz $ mkdir -p mongodb $ cp -R -n mongodb-osx-x86_64-3.4.6/ mongodb $ sudo mv mongodb /usr/local