How to set up a new laptop

setup.md

1. install x-code (from app store)

2. Install Command Line Tools

   • Run from the command line: xcode-select --install
   • Choose install tools from the prompt and agree to the terms
   • If you receive a message saying "Can't install the software because it is not currently available from the Software Update server"... it's probably because the command line tools are already installed...
   • Agree to the license by typing sudo xcodebuild -license
   • Press enter, then q
   • Then on the next prompt, type agree

3. Install Package Manager

   • The package manager allows us to install and update software (like Ruby, Git, MongoDB, etc) from the command line:
   • Open http://brew.sh/, scroll down to Install Homebrew and copy+paste the command into the terminal.
   • Ensure that Homebrew is raring to brew and fix any issues: /usr/local/bin/brew doctor
   • Update Homebrew: /usr/local/bin/brew update

• (nb. the absolute paths will not be used after the next step, but might not be needed if they already have/usr/local/bin in their $PATH)

Step 4 is optional: 4. Install Zsh

- Type /usr/local/bin/brew install zsh Type 0 if the prompt ask you about .zshrc
- Type /usr/local/bin/zsh . You should have a different prompt
- Type exit to return to bash
- Type which zsh to determine where your new shell has installed
- Type subl /etc/shells and add /YOUR/PATH/TO/zsh.
- In a new tab, type chsh -s /YOUR/PATH/TO/zsh, then close and reopen your terminal application to This will enable zsh by default.
- Type echo $SHELL. this should return /YOUR/PATH/TO/zsh

5. Install Git (with homebrew)

brew install git

• Ensure you're not using "Apple Git" from the path /usr/bin/git by checking which git and git --version
• Configure your name and email address for commits (be sure to use the email address you have registered with Github): git config --global user.name "Your Name" git config --global user.email "you@example.com"

Globally ignore 'DS_Store' files

Since we never want to track .DS_Store files, we can make a global .gitignore file, and tell git to use it for all repositories:

echo .DS_Store >> ~/.gitignore_global git config --global core.excludesfile ~/.gitignore_global

6. Configure SSH access to Github (Gabi, we did that the other day..) https://help.github.com/articles/connecting-to-github-with-ssh/

7. Setup your vimrc (copy file contents from your other laptop)

8. Install Java and IntelliJ like you've done before.