Stuck installing MongoDB on Mavericks OSX 10.9 brew install hangs at scons line

Question

brew install mongodb
==> Downloading http://downloads.mongodb.org/src/mongodb-src-r2.4.8.tar.gz
Already downloaded: /Library/Caches/Homebrew/mongodb-2.4.8.tar.gz
==> Downloading patches
######################################################################## 100.0%
######################################################################## 100.0%
==> Patching
patching file src/third_party/v8/SConscript
patching file src/third_party/v8/src/spaces.h
==> scons install --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/mongodb/2.4.8 -j4 --64 --cc=/usr/bin/clang --cxx=/usr/bin/clang++ -stdlib=libstdc++

hangs indefinitely (10 min +).

here are the processes:

PID TTY           TIME CMD
428 ttys000    0:00.14 -bash
439 ttys001    0:00.14 -bash
425 ttys002    0:00.20 -bash
2472 ttys002    0:00.12 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/bin/ruby -W0 /usr/local/Library/brew.rb inst
2491 ttys002    0:00.17 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/bin/ruby -W0 -I /usr/local/Library/Homebrew 
2517 ttys002    0:08.25 python /usr/local/bin/scons install --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/mongodb/2.4.8 -j4 --64 --cc=/usr/bin/cla
2583 ttys002    0:00.02 /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/clang++ -stdlib=
2584 ttys002    0:05.63 /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/clang -cc1 -trip
2599 ttys002    0:00.02 /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/clang++ -stdlib=
2600 ttys002    0:02.10 /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/clang -cc1 -trip
2605 ttys002    0:00.02 /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/clang++ -stdlib=
2606 ttys002    0:01.81 /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/clang -cc1 -trip
2607 ttys002    0:00.02 /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/clang++ -stdlib=
2608 ttys002    0:01.70 /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/clang -cc1 -trip
1351 ttys003    0:00.22 -bash

I have tried:

1. Updating Xcode command line tools for Mavericks
2. Updating Python

Answer 1

I was in the same situation today where it took more than 20 minutes for homebrew to install mongoDB (2.4.8 on Mavericks). It "hung" in clang and MBA fans went berserk. Give it more time.

Answer 2

You can toggle verbose debug mode by running:

brew install -vd mongodb

That will give you a LOT more output, so you'll see everything that's happening and know it's not hanging.

Answer 3

For what it's worth, I just did an upgrade on Mac OS 10.8.5 and it took almost 45 minutes from source. Using MacPorts sudo port install mongodb (currently MongoDB 2.4.9). On a mid-2011 Macbook Air 4GB RAM it pinned the 4 CPUs with up to 8 clang processes during the build. XCode 5.0.2.

Answer 4

~brew update ~brew install mongodb

This sped up the installation on my mac. Downloaded in 5 minutes.

This link was very helpful http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/tutorial/install-mongodb-on-os-x/

Answer 5

I ran brew update first, and this his how long it took to install MongoDB on OSX 10.6.8:

==> Summary /Users/7stud/.homebrew/Cellar/mongodb/2.6.5: 17 files, 407M, built in 123.7 minutes

I was searching around trying to figure out how much longer my fans were going to be blasting when I found this thread.

Answer 6

I had the same issue. try to run:

brew update

before running the install

Answer 7

since this is a thing

/usr/local/Cellar/mongodb/3.4.3: 17 files, 275MB, built in 66 minutes 52 seconds

stick with it took me over an hour

Answer 8

Same issue, on Mac OS 10.11.6 with a 1.6 GHz Intel Core i5 processor, it took more than 1 hour to complete.

If you are using MacPorts, you can make sure the compilation is still ongoing by examining the tail of the compilation log

tail -f /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_databases_mongodb/mongodb/main.log

The -f option allows live tracking of the file.