First things to install on a new Mac OSX [WIP]

installations.md

I'm setting up a new Mac. I'm using this Gist to keep track of the software I install (roughly in order, in case it's useful later.

Apps

• Alfred
• Dropbox
• iTerm2
• Notational Velocity
• GPGTools

Basic Development Setup

• Homebrew

brew install vim
brew install git
brew install hg
brew install tree
brew install wget
brew install watch
brew tap phinze/cask
brew install brew-cask

# Fixes for PIL, matplotlib, etc.
brew install jpeg
brew install libpng
brew install freetype
rm /usr/local/lib/libpng16.16.dylib
ln -s /usr/X11/lib/libpng15.dylib /usr/local/lib/libpng16.16.dylib

# For SciPy, ODBC, etc.
brew install fortran
brew install unixodbc
brew install gdal

# Haskell and pandoc
brew install haskell-platform
brew install cabal
cabal update
cabal install pandoc

SSH Key Generation

ssh-keygen -t rsa -C "jsvine@gmail.com"
ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa

• Add SSH key to GitHub account.

Python

brew install python
brew install python3
pip install readline
pip install virtualenvwrapper

# Add to ~/.bashrc
export VIRTUALENVWRAPPER_PYTHON=`which python`
export WORKON_HOME=$HOME/.virtualenvs
source /usr/local/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh

# iPython, and iPython Notebook requirements
pip install ipython
pip install pyzmq
pip install jinja2
pip install tornado

Ruby

brew install rbenv ruby-build

# Add to ~/.bashrc
export PATH="$HOME/.rbenv/bin:$PATH"
eval "$(rbenv init -)"

LATEST_RUBY_VERSION=$(rbenv install -l | grep -E "^[0-9\. ]*(-p[0-9]*)?$" | tail -n 1)
rbenv install $LATEST_RUBY_VERSION
rbenv global $LATEST_RUBY_VERSION
gem install bundle

JavaScript / Node

brew install node

Vim

mkdir -p ~/.vim/autoload ~/.vim/bundle; \
curl -Sso ~/.vim/autoload/pathogen.vim \
    https://raw.github.com/tpope/vim-pathogen/master/autoload/pathogen.vim
cd ~/.vim/bundle
git clone https://github.com/scrooloose/nerdtree.git
git clone https://github.com/altercation/vim-colors-solarized.git
git clone https://github.com/mikewest/vimroom.git
git clone https://github.com/plasticboy/vim-markdown

Docker

brew cask install virtualbox
brew install docker
brew install boot2docker

Haskell and Haskell-based programs

# Haskell and cabal
brew install haskell-platform
brew install cabal
cabal update

# Pandoc
cabal install pandoc

Misc.

• iTerm2 Color Schemes
• Caffeine
• Atom

great. thank you. you can also use brew cask for most of the tasks. i'm also developing an auto system installer for os x'es right now, for myself. i hope i would open it to the public soon.