Running Pragma on MacOS

Last updated: November 27, 2025

Common Issues

There are two common issues encountered by developers attempting to run pragma from a mac

Bash Version

By default MacOS ships with an outdated version of Bash

You can use homebrew to update to the latest using the following command

brew install bash

Afterwards make sure to update your default terminal in IntelliJ to be the new bash version. You can do so easily by going into the Terminal Settings and setting the Shell Path to the brew version you just installed from homebrew. Make sure to close your existing terminal instance, and start a new one so the change takes effect.

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Java Home Export

You may need to manually export your JDK directory

export JAVA_HOME="$(/usr/libexec/java_home -v 17)"