# Installing OpenMRS on Mac **URL:** \ **Category:** Implementing\ **Created:** [November 17, 2016, 4:44pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/installing-openmrs-on-mac/8732 "2016-11-17T16:44:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gjaber](https://talk.openmrs.org/letter_avatar/gjaber/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@gjaber](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/gjaber)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2016, 4:44pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/installing-openmrs-on-mac/8732/1 "2016-11-17T16:44:38Z")
Hi guys - I recently downloaded all the java reqs and ran all the scripts that were in the read me text file. The script ran but no server showed up. How do I get this to work? I need clear instructions as I am computer illiterate 🙂 Thanks Guy ---
**Author:** ![pascal](https://talk.openmrs.org/letter_avatar/pascal/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@pascal](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/pascal)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2016, 4:52pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/installing-openmrs-on-mac/8732/2 "2016-11-17T16:52:43Z")
Can you show us the command you ran as well as the output of that command? ---
**Author:** ![darius](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/darius/32/8082_2.png) [@darius](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/darius)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2016, 5:46pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/installing-openmrs-on-mac/8732/3 "2016-11-17T17:46:23Z")
Also, I suggest you try using the OpenMRS SDK, documented at [http://om.rs/sdk](http://om.rs/sdk) ---
**Author:** ![dkayiwa](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/dkayiwa/32/179_2.png) [@dkayiwa](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/dkayiwa)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2016, 6:18pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/installing-openmrs-on-mac/8732/4 "2016-11-17T18:18:23Z")
Depending on what you want to do, you may also consider downloading and running the standalone version: [https://sourceforge.net/projects/openmrs/files/releases/OpenMRS\_2.5/openmrs-standalone-2.5.zip/download](https://sourceforge.net/projects/openmrs/files/releases/OpenMRS_2.5/openmrs-standalone-2.5.zip/download) ---
**Author:** ![gjaber](https://talk.openmrs.org/letter_avatar/gjaber/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@gjaber](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/gjaber)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 8:33pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/installing-openmrs-on-mac/8732/5 "2016-11-18T20:33:54Z")
do I have to go thru the java process too? Is there an app that I can just install? All I need is to put in patient info and just specify the time they’re gonna see their doctor. I don’t need actual scheduling capabilities. More like a calendar. Please help. Also, give me detailed instructions on how to install this because I know nothing about computers. ---
**Author:** ![dkayiwa](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/dkayiwa/32/179_2.png) [@dkayiwa](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/dkayiwa)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2016, 5:36pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/installing-openmrs-on-mac/8732/6 "2016-11-19T17:36:51Z")
@gjaber did you try out the link i gave you? ---
**Author:** ![gjaber](https://talk.openmrs.org/letter_avatar/gjaber/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@gjaber](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/gjaber)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2016, 1:59pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/installing-openmrs-on-mac/8732/7 "2016-11-21T13:59:40Z")
I did. it downloaded a folder but I have no idea what to do with it. ---
**Author:** ![dkayiwa](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/dkayiwa/32/179_2.png) [@dkayiwa](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/dkayiwa)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2016, 2:07pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/installing-openmrs-on-mac/8732/8 "2016-11-21T14:07:25Z")
Just double click the openmrs-standalone.jar to run. More instructions can be found at [https://wiki.openmrs.org/display/docs/OpenMRS+Standalone](https://wiki.openmrs.org/display/docs/OpenMRS+Standalone) ---
**Author:** ![gjaber](https://talk.openmrs.org/letter_avatar/gjaber/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@gjaber](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/gjaber)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2016, 2:47pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/installing-openmrs-on-mac/8732/9 "2016-11-21T14:47:06Z")
I did. Nothing happened. I installed the latest Java but still nothing. I’m running this on Mac if that helps. ---
**Author:** ![dkayiwa](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/dkayiwa/32/179_2.png) [@dkayiwa](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/dkayiwa)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2016, 2:56pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/installing-openmrs-on-mac/8732/10 "2016-11-21T14:56:34Z")
Not even a window pop up with an error message? ---
**Author:** ![gjaber](https://talk.openmrs.org/letter_avatar/gjaber/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@gjaber](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/gjaber)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 8:16pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/installing-openmrs-on-mac/8732/11 "2016-12-12T20:16:40Z")
no nothing. please help. ---
**Author:** ![dkayiwa](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/dkayiwa/32/179_2.png) [@dkayiwa](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/dkayiwa)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 8:48pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/installing-openmrs-on-mac/8732/12 "2016-12-12T20:48:15Z")
What happens if you go to the terminal, change to the standalone folder and type this? java -jar openmrs-standalone.jar ---
**Author:** ![gjaber](https://talk.openmrs.org/letter_avatar/gjaber/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@gjaber](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/gjaber)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 9:04pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/installing-openmrs-on-mac/8732/13 "2016-12-12T21:04:04Z")
how do I change to standalone folder there? ---
**Author:** ![taremwatadeo](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/taremwatadeo/32/17685_2.png) [@taremwatadeo](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/taremwatadeo)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 9:41pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/installing-openmrs-on-mac/8732/14 "2016-12-12T21:41:57Z")
possibly this can help you on learning how to change and navigate directories(folders) > ---
**Author:** ![gjaber](https://talk.openmrs.org/letter_avatar/gjaber/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@gjaber](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/gjaber)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 9:51pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/installing-openmrs-on-mac/8732/15 "2016-12-12T21:51:42Z")
This is what I get: Guys-MacBook-Pro:~ Guy$ cd ~/downloads/openmrs Guys-MacBook-Pro:openmrs Guy$ java -jar openmrs-standalone.jar Exception in thread “main” java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: org/openmrs/standalone/Bootstrap : Unsupported major.minor version 52.0 at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method) at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:800) at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:142) at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:449) at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(URLClassLoader.java:71) at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:361) at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:355) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:354) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:425) at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:308) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:358) at sun.launcher.LauncherHelper.checkAndLoadMain(LauncherHelper.java:482) Guys-MacBook-Pro:openmrs Guy$ ---
**Author:** ![dkayiwa](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/dkayiwa/32/179_2.png) [@dkayiwa](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/dkayiwa)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 10:00pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/installing-openmrs-on-mac/8732/16 "2016-12-12T22:00:52Z")
This is because you are using a version of Java lower than 1.8 You have the following options: 1. Upgrade to Java 1.8 2. Or use the 2.4 standalone which uses versions of Java before 1.8 [https://sourceforge.net/projects/openmrs/files/releases/OpenMRS\_2.4/](https://sourceforge.net/projects/openmrs/files/releases/OpenMRS_2.4/) ---
**Author:** ![gjaber](https://talk.openmrs.org/letter_avatar/gjaber/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@gjaber](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/gjaber)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 10:24pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/installing-openmrs-on-mac/8732/17 "2016-12-12T22:24:59Z")
ok I worked. Thank you. It took like 10 mins to load tho. Is this gonna happen every time? And also, chrome opened a new page with the open MRS website. It’s asking for login info. ---
**Author:** ![taremwatadeo](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/taremwatadeo/32/17685_2.png) [@taremwatadeo](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/taremwatadeo)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 10:42pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/installing-openmrs-on-mac/8732/18 "2016-12-12T22:42:43Z")
it wont take that long other times. Username: admin password: Admin123