Downloading Neo4j for the Mac or Linux platforms is very similar. The Neo4j website will automatically detect your platform and start downloading the appropriate version:
The only major difference in the download process, however, is in the fact that the Java run-time is not bundled with the downloaded files. On Windows, as we saw previously, there is no need to install anything but the Neo4j installer. On macOS X and Linux, however, you need to make sure that Java 7 is installed and configured to be used as the default Java Virtual Machine. In this book, we will assume that ...