# What is the minimum macOS version needed for Foundation DB 6.3.12?

**URL:** https://forums.foundationdb.org/t/what-is-the-minimum-macos-version-needed-for-foundation-db-6-3-12/2705
**Category:** Using FoundationDB
**Created:** [May 18, 2021, 7:43am UTC](https://forums.foundationdb.org/t/what-is-the-minimum-macos-version-needed-for-foundation-db-6-3-12/2705 "2021-05-18T07:43:48Z")
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### Author: ![tuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5ac83/32.png) [@tuk](https://forums.foundationdb.org/u/tuk)
#### Post date: [May 18, 2021, 7:43am UTC](https://forums.foundationdb.org/t/what-is-the-minimum-macos-version-needed-for-foundation-db-6-3-12/2705/1 "2021-05-18T07:43:48Z")

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For foundationdb 6.3.12 [Download](https://www.foundationdb.org/download/) page says “The macOS installation package is supported on macOS 10.7+”. But whenever I am trying to install it on MacOS 10.15.7.

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I am getting the error “This package is incompatible with this version of macOS”

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What is the minimum macOS version needed for Foundation DB 6.3.12?

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### Author: ![sher](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/foundationdb/user_avatar/forums.foundationdb.org/sher/32/931_2.png) [@sher](https://forums.foundationdb.org/u/sher)
#### Post date: [May 18, 2021, 8:35am UTC](https://forums.foundationdb.org/t/what-is-the-minimum-macos-version-needed-for-foundation-db-6-3-12/2705/2 "2021-05-18T08:35:47Z")

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@tuk As explained in the issue [Broken Mac OS X 6.3.12 installer · Issue #4789 · apple/foundationdb · GitHub](https://github.com/apple/foundationdb/issues/4789) the problem is with the installer trying to unpack library files under different directories like `/lib`. The fix expected to land in two weeks.

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### Author: ![sher](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/foundationdb/user_avatar/forums.foundationdb.org/sher/32/931_2.png) [@sher](https://forums.foundationdb.org/u/sher)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2021, 2:00am UTC](https://forums.foundationdb.org/t/what-is-the-minimum-macos-version-needed-for-foundation-db-6-3-12/2705/3 "2021-06-15T02:00:08Z")

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Installer seems to be fixed with the release of 6.3.13.

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### Author: ![josephg](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/foundationdb/user_avatar/forums.foundationdb.org/josephg/32/84_2.png) [@josephg](https://forums.foundationdb.org/u/josephg)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2021, 5:44am UTC](https://forums.foundationdb.org/t/what-is-the-minimum-macos-version-needed-for-foundation-db-6-3-12/2705/4 "2021-06-15T05:44:31Z")

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Its been fixed, but for some reason the link to the windows build of 6.3.13 is now broken on the downloads webpage. Given the testing rigour of fdb, I’m surprised this isn’t handled by a CI somewhere. Github actions work great for this sort of thing. (Both testing a release, and building & uploading it)

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### Author: ![sher](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/foundationdb/user_avatar/forums.foundationdb.org/sher/32/931_2.png) [@sher](https://forums.foundationdb.org/u/sher)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2021, 7:18am UTC](https://forums.foundationdb.org/t/what-is-the-minimum-macos-version-needed-for-foundation-db-6-3-12/2705/5 "2021-06-15T07:18:36Z")

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And also, would be really helpful to have Release Notes updated, CI would handle this automation as well [Release Notes — FoundationDB 6.3](https://apple.github.io/foundationdb/release-notes/release-notes-630.html)