Here’s a quick, straightforward way to install Clojure on MacOS.<div>
</div><h2 id="install-java">Install Java</h2>First, you need the JDK. You can get that in a lot of ways. It’s nice to have a utility to help you manager versions of the Java JDK. <a href="https://github.com/shyiko/jabba">Jabba</a> is such a version manager. Install it with:<pre><code tabindex="0">curl -sL https://github.com/shyiko/jabba/raw/master/install.sh | bash &amp;&amp; . ~/.jabba/jabba.sh</code></pre>Now with jabba, you can install the JDK. List what’s available with:<pre><code tabindex="0">jabba ls-remote</code></pre>Then choose one to install, such as:<pre><code tabindex="0">jabba install openjdk@1.17.0</code></pre>If you already have a JDK installed with jabba, switch to use it:<pre><code tabindex="0">jabba use openjdk@1.17.0</code></pre><h2 id="install-java-install-clojure">Install Clojure</h2>If you’re on Mac, you probably have <a href="https://brew.sh/">brew</a> installed. If not, get that. Then use brew to install Clojure:<pre><code tabindex="0">brew install clojure/tools/clojure</code></pre><h2 id="install-java-try-it-out">Try it out</h2>Now you should be able to start up a Clojure REPL with:<pre><code tabindex="0">$ clojure

Clojure 1.11.1
user=> (+ 1 1)
2</code></pre>Installed. Now go and wrap your life in parens.