OS X: Install from Homebrew¶

If you are running OS X, you can install everything needed with Homebrew.

Install Xcode command line developer tools. Do this even if you already have Xcode installed:
```
xcode-select --install
```
Install XQuartz. This is needed by GStreamer which Mopidy use heavily.
Install Homebrew.
If you are already using Homebrew, make sure your installation is up to date before you continue:
```
brew update
brew upgrade
```
Notice that this will upgrade all software on your system that have been installed with Homebrew.
Mopidy works out of box if you have installed Python from Homebrew:
```
brew install python
```
Note

If you want to use the Python version bundled with OS X, you’ll need to include Python packages installed by Homebrew in your PYTHONPATH. If you don’t do this, the mopidy executable will not find its dependencies and will crash.

You can either amend your PYTHONPATH permanently, by adding the following statement to your shell’s init file, e.g. ~/.bashrc:
```
export PYTHONPATH=$(brew --prefix)/lib/python2.7/site-packages:$PYTHONPATH
```
And then reload the shell’s init file or restart your terminal:
```
source ~/.bashrc
```
Or, you can prefix the Mopidy command every time you run it:
```
PYTHONPATH=$(brew --prefix)/lib/python2.7/site-packages mopidy
```
Mopidy has its own Homebrew formula repo, called a “tap”. To enable our Homebrew tap, run:
```
brew tap mopidy/mopidy
```
To install Mopidy, run:
```
brew install mopidy
```
Optional: If you want to use any Mopidy extensions, like Spotify support or Last.fm scrobbling, the Homebrew tap has formulas for several Mopidy extensions as well.

To list all the extensions available from our tap, you can run:
```
brew search mopidy
```
For a full list of available Mopidy extensions, including those not installable from Homebrew, see Extensions.
Finally, you need to set a couple of config values, and then you’re ready to run Mopidy.