How to Install Jina on macOS

Jina is an open-source neural search framework that allows users to search in large and multimodal data. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation process of Jina on macOS.

Prerequisites

Before we start installing Jina, you need to ensure that your system has the following prerequisites installed:

• Python 3.6+ (already installed on most macOS systems)
• pip (package installer for Python)

Installation

Here are the steps to download and install Jina on macOS:

1. Open the terminal on your macOS system.

2. Install Jina using pip by typing the following command:

   pip install jina
   

3. Once the installation is complete, you can verify if Jina is installed on your system by running the Jina version command:

   jina --version
   

   This will display the version of Jina installed on your system.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Jina on your macOS system.

Updating Jina

To update Jina to the latest version, run the following command:

pip install --upgrade jina

This will update Jina on your system with the latest version available.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we guided you through the installation process of Jina on macOS. With Jina installed on your system, you can now start building your search applications with the help of this powerful neural search framework.

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