Silently install the Mac OS X ODBC driver

Install the .pkg file containing the ODBC driver using the command:.

  1. Log into the client Mac in one of two ways:

    • As an administrator account, if you are installing the driver for system-wide use

    • As the user who needs to use the Vertica ODBC driver

  2. Open a terminal window. In the Finder, click Applications > Utilities > Terminal.

  3. Install the .pkg file containing the ODBC driver using the command:

    sudo installer -pkg ~/Downloads/vertica-odbc11.1.xpkg -target /

    In the preceding .pkg command, change the path to that of the downloaded file, if:

    • You downloaded the driver .pkg file to a directory other than your Downloads directory.
    • You downloaded the driver using another user account.