# Autopsy on mac catalina **URL:** \ **Category:** Autopsy on Linux / macOS\ **Created:** [April 16, 2020, 12:55am UTC](https://sleuthkit.discourse.group/t/autopsy-on-mac-catalina/909 "2020-04-16T00:55:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![3zoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/a3d4f5/32.png) [@3zoz](https://sleuthkit.discourse.group/u/3zoz)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 12:55am UTC](https://sleuthkit.discourse.group/t/autopsy-on-mac-catalina/909/1 "2020-04-16T00:55:51Z")
Hi there, can anyone help me, im trying to follow the installation instructions on mac OS but the problem is when I reach this line : et JAVA\_HOME environment variable to location of JRE installation. e.g. add the following to ~/.bashrc export JAVA\_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java\_home -v 1.8) firstly I had no /.bashrc file in my mac so I went to youtube and created the /.bashrc file but the problem is : how can I add this line : export JAVA\_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java\_home -v 1.8) into this folder /.bashrc ---
**Author:** ![apriestman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/sleuthkit.discourse.group/apriestman/32/24_2.png) [@apriestman](https://sleuthkit.discourse.group/u/apriestman)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 12:57am UTC](https://sleuthkit.discourse.group/t/autopsy-on-mac-catalina/909/2 "2020-04-16T00:57:26Z")
Check this post for some mac OS setup info. > [@Autopsy not running properly with no error message](https://sleuthkit.discourse.group/t/autopsy-not-running-properly-with-no-error-message/855/3): > > Thanks @apriestman. This is exactly the same issue that Im facing at the moment. I tried uninstall liberica-jdk8 and install liberica-jdk8-full instead. However, it does not seems to be resolving the issue.` I tried uninstall everything and do it all over again and the problem persist, and I’m not seeing any error message that’s odd… I have attached some some info below. echo $JAVA\_HOME /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/liberica-jdk-8-full.jdk/Contents/Home sh unix\_setup.sh Checking pre… ---
**Author:** ![3zoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/a3d4f5/32.png) [@3zoz](https://sleuthkit.discourse.group/u/3zoz)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 1:23am UTC](https://sleuthkit.discourse.group/t/autopsy-on-mac-catalina/909/3 "2020-04-16T01:23:49Z")
Thanks a lot for your help ,im gonna try that