MongoDB Installation Error at install

[Braeden_Kilburn]

I’m trying to install the MongoDB Community Edition by following MongoDB’s guide here. I’m on an M1 Mac running MacOS 12.6.

Brew (seemingly) installs MongoDB with no problems, however, when I go to run

brew services start mongodb-community@6.0

I encounter this error:

Error: Permission denied @ rb_sysopen - /Users/[username]/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.mongodb-community.plist

When I go to view the file mentioned, using

ls -la ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.mongodb-community.plist

I get the following error:

ls: /Users/[username]/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.mongodb-community.plist: No such file or directory

I’ve uninstalled mongodb twice now and reinstalled it but nothings changed. Has anyone had this problem?

[Tarun_Gaur]

Hi @Braeden_Kilburn ,

Welcome to The MongoDB Community Forums!
I notice you haven’t had a response to this topic yet - were you able to find a solution?

The error looks like a file permission problem and should be unrelated to using an M1 mac.

I would try running brew doctor via Terminal.app, as this will detect & resolve common permission and install issues that affect brew .

If brew doctor doesn’t help, I would try:

sudo chown $(whoami) ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.mongodb-community.plist

Regards,
Tarun