steps to go from fresh macbook to nice command line

dev command line setup.md

• install terminal of choice

  • iTerm2: https://www.iterm2.com/
  • Hyper: https://hyper.is/

• install git

  • download from https://git-scm.com/

• install homebrew:

  • /usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
  • info: https://brew.sh/

• install tree

  • brew install tree

• install zsh (included with mac) and oh-my-zsh: https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh

  • sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh)"

• install fish: https://fishshell.com/

  • brew install fish

• thefuck: https://github.com/nvbn/thefuck

  • brew install thefuck
  • zsh: put eval "$(thefuck --alias)" in .zshrc
  • fish: put thefuck --alias | source in your ~/.config/fish/config.fish

• install powerline shell: https://github.com/b-ryan/powerline-shell

  • first, need pip, if missing. OSX info: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17271319/how-do-i-install-pip-on-macos-or-os-x
    • sudo easy_install pip
  • sudo pip install powerline-shell
  • add powerline info to configs: https://github.com/b-ryan/powerline-shell#zsh

• config powerline-shell: https://gist.github.com/lovemecomputer/ddf3297882968993416c6961794c41ca

• ruby env

  • need a ruby env set up so we can have proper access privileges to install gems
  • rbenv setup via: https://github.com/rbenv/rbenv
    • brew install rbenv
    • rbenv init
    • to verify: curl -fsSL https://github.com/rbenv/rbenv-installer/raw/master/bin/rbenv-doctor | bash
    • zsh: add eval "$(rbenv init -)" to .zshrc
    • fish:
  • then install ruby version:
    • rbenv install -l to check available versions to install
    • rbenv install 2.5.1
    • this often doesn't work for me, but this did: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/39381360/how-do-i-install-ruby-gems-on-mac

brew install rbenv ruby-build

# bash
echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.rbenv/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bash_profile
echo 'eval "$(rbenv init -)"' >> ~/.bash_profile  

# zsh
echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.rbenv/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zprofile
echo 'eval "$(rbenv init -)"' >> ~/.zprofile  

# list all available versions:
rbenv install -l

# install a Ruby version:
rbenv install 2.4.1

# set ruby version for a specific dir
rbenv local 2.4.1

# set ruby version globally
rbenv global 2.4.1

rbenv rehash
gem update --system

• lolcat

  • installing the lolcat gem needs a ruby environment
  • gem install lolcat

• config shell

  • fish config below

• rainbow greeting:

  • https://gist.github.com/lovemecomputer/fb128e037a31dfdfbb0298b5140760b6

fish config.md

/Users/<username>/.config/fish/config.fish:

set -gx PATH $HOME/.rbenv/versions/2.5.1/bin $PATH
function fish_prompt
    powerline-shell --shell bare $status
end
thefuck --alias | source