Download and install
The Lakemine installer is a desktop app. It deploys the appliance into your Databricks account and then gets out of the way. It is not the runtime: the engine runs as a scheduled Databricks job on your own compute, and the installer keeps only a little data on your machine (listed here).
Download it from lakemine.ai .
The lakemine.ai download page, showing the platform options and the current version number.
Before you install
The installer’s only hard local prerequisite is the Databricks CLI. Install it first and the first screen’s checks pass immediately.
macOS
brew tap databricks/tap && brew install databricksIf you skip this, the installer’s first screen tells you it is missing and shows the command for your operating system, ready to copy.
macOS
Two builds are published, and you want the one matching your Mac:
| File | For |
|---|---|
Lakemine-<version>-arm64.dmg | Apple Silicon (M1 and later) |
Lakemine-<version>.dmg | Intel |
Mount the DMG and drag Lakemine into Applications. Open it from Applications or Launchpad.
macOS DMG mounted, showing the Lakemine app icon and the Applications folder alias side by side.
If macOS says the app cannot be verified
This applies to pre-release and internal builds only. Released builds are notarized by Apple and open normally on a double-click.
Pre-release builds are ad-hoc signed, so Gatekeeper does not recognize the developer. Double-clicking gives a dialog with no way forward. Instead:
- Right-click, or Control-click, the Lakemine app in Applications.
- Choose Open.
- Confirm in the dialog.
macOS remembers the decision, so you only do this once.
If the app was downloaded through a browser it also carries a quarantine attribute, which can produce a “damaged and cannot be opened” message. Clear it with:
xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Lakemine.appOnly run that on a build you obtained from Lakemine directly.
Windows
Download Lakemine-<version>-Setup.exe and run it.
Pre-release builds are not yet signed with a code-signing certificate, so Windows SmartScreen shows “Windows protected your PC”. Click More info, then Run anyway. Released builds are signed and open without the prompt.
Windows SmartScreen dialog for the Lakemine installer, with the “More info” link expanded to reveal the “Run anyway” button.
Linux
A .deb package is published for Debian and Ubuntu:
sudo dpkg -i lakemine_<version>_amd64.debWhat the installer does and does not do
It does: sign you in to Lakemine, sign you in to your Databricks account and hub workspace, verify your workspace, deploy the scheduled job and dashboard, apply the grants the scan needs, start the first scan, and register the install with the portal. Registration sends install metadata, listed in What is Lakemine.
It does not: stay running, or run the analysis itself. It does keep an encrypted Lakemine sign-in, a Databricks CLI sign-in cache and, if you use its Dashboard view, a local copy of cost figures. See What the installer stores on your computer for what each one is and how to clear it. Your Databricks credentials are never sent to Lakemine.