osx_arches.sh

# install deps via homebrew
brew update
brew install elasticsearch
brew install postgres
brew install postgis
brew install gdal

# configure es & pg to launch on startup
mkdir -p ~/Library/LaunchAgents
ln -sfv /usr/local/opt/elasticsearch/*.plist ~/Library/LaunchAgents
ln -sfv /usr/local/opt/postgresql/*.plist ~/Library/LaunchAgents

# launch es & pg
launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.elasticsearch.plist
launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.postgresql.plist

# clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/archesproject/arches.git

# create virtualenv
virtualenv ENV
source ENV/bin/activate

# install arches
cd arches
python setup.py install
python manage.py packages -o setup_db

# load test json
python manage.py packages -o import_json -s tests/fixtures/resource_graphs/archesv4_resource.json

# start the server
python manage.py runserver

Here is my latest attempt at this: https://gist.github.com/jmunowitch/35eb1d20a0b9cbf86f4b0eb4b167d43a