New laptop: the setup
This is my ever-expanding set of notes about setting my dev environment. One of these days I should turn it into a script or something.
Essentials
First, download and install:
Optional, useful tool for monitoring CPU, bandwidth, memory, etc.:
Preferred terminal app: Warp
Editor
Install VS Code
Install Zed
Unix libraries
Install homebrew:
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
Install unix libs:
brew install gpg2 git git-flow tmux imagemagick postgresql@17 redis pgcli direnv zsh ssh-copy-id openssl nmap coreutils automake autoconf libyaml readline libxslt libtool unixodbc fop starship asdf wget curl jq gh eza graphviz flyctl
To stop annoying git warnings:
mkdir -p ~/.git/templates
Typefaces
brew install --cask font-hack-nerd-font
brew install --cask font-monoid-nerd-font
brew install --cask font-fira-code-nerd-font
brew install --cask font-cousine-nerd-font
brew install --cask font-sauce-code-pro-nerd-font
SSH
Generate an SSH key:
ssh-keygen
Install the handy-dandy ssh-copy-id utility:
brew install ssh-copy-id
Github
Github have a great new tool for performing tasks on GitHub from the command line:
brew install gh
gh auth login
You can then use gh to upload your SSH key to Github:
gh ssh-key add ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub -t "Work Laptop"
ZSH
Install the latest version of ZSH:
brew install zsh
Set this version as the correct version of ZSH:
sudo vim /etc/shells add the following line into the very end of the file /etc/shells:
/usr/local/bin/zsh
or, on M-series Apple Silicon:
/opt/homebrew/bin/zsh
Change default shell:
chsh -s /usr/local/bin/zsh
or, on M-series Apple Silicon:
chsh -s /opt/homebrew/bin/zsh
Now install oh-my-zsh:
sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh)"
development directory
Create my local development directory:
mkdir ~/development
Dotfiles
Install my dotfiles:
git clone git@github.com:suranyami/dotfiles.git
cd dotfiles
bundle
./install.rb
Apps
Install SourceTree for enhanced Git visualization:
Don’t use the Mac App Store version of Slack, download it directly: Slack
mise
As per install instructions for mise here
curl https://mise.run | sh
Activate mise in ~/.zshrc:
echo 'eval "$(~/.local/bin/mise activate zsh)"' >> ~/.zshrc
Install unix libs mine requires to build stuff:
brew install coreutils automake autoconf openssl libyaml readline libxslt libtool unixodbc
Install unix libs needed by Elixir and Erlang:
brew install fop wxwidgets
This blog post talks about how to install the above with :observer working, as well as allowing Erlang wxwidgets to work. But that was before when wxmac was used instead of wxwidgets. I include it here for reference only.
Install Erlang and Elixir:
mise install java@openjdk-18
mise install erlang@latest
mise install elixir@latest
mise install python@latest
mise install ruby@latest
mise install nodejs@latest
if you have compilation problems with Erlang, try brew uninstall pcre, install Erlang, then reinstall pcre.
macOS
This is just my personal preference.
Disable the caps-lock key in System Preferences –> Keyboard –> Modifier Keys
Postgres
To make the postgres role:
createuser -s postgres