Set Up Zsh, Presto, Homebrew, Ruby, Powerline, and Vim on Mac OS X

macbook-setup.md

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Setup Zsh and Prezto

• Change default shell to Zsh

chsh -s $(which zsh)

• Clone Presto and install it according to README.md
• Update ~/.zprofile and ~/.zshrc and commits into forked repo

More on Zsh and Prezto: customize and prompt

Setup Homebrew

• Install Xcode command line tools

xcode-select --install

• Download Homebrew installation script

curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install > ~/brew.rb

• Change installation directory to ~/.homebrew

sed -i '' 's/HOMEBREW_PREFIX = .*/HOMEBREW_PREFIX = "#{Dir.home}\/.homebrew"/' ~/brew.rb

• Install

ruby ~/brew.rb

• Include Homebrew binaries in PATH (make sure ~/.homebrew is searched first)

export PATH=$HOME/.homebrew/bin:$PATH

• Test everything is right

brew doctor

Setup Ruby

brew install rbenv ruby-build
rbenv install 2.1.4
rbenv global 2.1.4
gem install bundler
rbenv rehash

• Avoid rbenv rehash every time after installing a gem

git clone https://github.com/sstephenson/rbenv-gem-rehash.git ~/.rbenv/plugins/rbenv-gem-rehash

Setup Powerline

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• Install Python

brew install python

• Install Powerline

pip install --user git+git://github.com/Lokaltog/powerline

• Include Powerline binaries in PATH

export PATH=$HOME/Library/Python/2.7/bin:$PATH

• Clone powerline fonts and double click the *.otf files in Finder to install patched fonts
• Add configuration into Zsh, Tmux, and Vim

source /Users/antiagainst/Library/Python/2.7/lib/python/site-packages/powerline/bindings/zsh/powerline.zsh
source /Users/antiagainst/Library/Python/2.7/lib/python/site-packages/powerline/bindings/tmux/powerline.conf
source /Users/antiagainst/Library/Python/2.7/lib/python/site-packages/powerline/bindings/vim/plugin/powerline.vim

When see the error error: can't combine user with prefix, exec_prefix/home, or install_(plat)base, check this post.

Setup Vim

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• Install Python

brew install python

• Install Vim and MacVim

brew install vim --with-python --with-ruby --with-perl
brew install macvim --env-std --override-system-vim

• Install Vundle

git clone https://github.com/gmarik/Vundle.vim.git ~/.vim/bundle/Vundle.vim

• Open vim and PluginInstall
• Install YouCompleteMe

brew install cmake
cd ~/.vim/bundle/YouCompleteMe
./install.sh --clang-completer