Install Xcode
Head to the Apple Developer Center to download a copy of the latest Xcode
Install Homebrew
ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/mxcl/homebrew/go)"
Install Git
brew install git
You will also want to setup your Git and GitHub user details
git config --global user.name "adamstac"
git config --global user.email "[email protected]"
git config --global github.user adamstac
git config --global github.token 0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef
Setup common git aliases.
git config --global alias.co checkout
git config --global alias.br branch
git config --global alias.ci commit
git config --global alias.st status
Next we need to install MySQL. Yes, it's really this easy ... but this will take a while.
brew install mysql
Now to warm it up:
mysql_install_db
After you run mysql_install_db you'll see output like this ...
Installing MySQL system tables...
OK
Filling help tables...
OK
To start mysqld at boot time you have to copy
support-files/mysql.server to the right place for your system
PLEASE REMEMBER TO SET A PASSWORD FOR THE MySQL root USER !
To do so, start the server, then issue the following commands:
./bin/mysqladmin -u root password 'new-password'
./bin/mysqladmin -u root -h AS-MBP15.local password 'new-password'
Alternatively you can run:
./bin/mysql_secure_installation
which will also give you the option of removing the test
databases and anonymous user created by default. This is
strongly recommended for production servers.
See the manual for more instructions.
You can start the MySQL daemon with:
cd . ; ./bin/mysqld_safe &
You can test the MySQL daemon with mysql-test-run.pl
cd ./mysql-test ; perl mysql-test-run.pl
Please report any problems with the ./bin/mysqlbug script!
When that's done, make sure MySQL automatically starts on login:
launchctl load -w /usr/local/Cellar/mysql/VERSION/com.mysql.mysqld.plist
Install RVM
bash < <(curl -s https://rvm.beginrescueend.com/install/rvm)
Next you have to add RVM to your .bash_profile. See also for an example .bash_profile file.
# place in ~/.bash_profile as the very last line
[[ -s "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm" ]] && . "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm"
To check everything went well
type rvm | head -n1
To seamlessly abandon the Apple-installed system ruby (ruby 1.8.7 patchlevel 174 for Snow Leopard):
rvm install 1.8.7 # installs 1.8.7-p334
rvm system ; rvm gemset export system.gems ; rvm 1.8.7 ; rvm gemset import system # migrate your gems
rvm --default 1.8.7
If you are planning to do development that requires ruby-1.9.2, you need to install 1.9.2 as well.
rvm install 1.9.2
Generating SSH keys (OSX)
First check to see if a ssh key directory exists.
cd ~/.ssh
ls -lash
If nothing is listed, then you can move on - or else you'll need to backup the existing key and create a new as needed.
ssh-keygen -t rsa -C "[email protected]"
You should see something like this.
Generating public/private rsa key pair.
Enter file in which to save the key (/Users/astacoviak/.ssh/id_rsa):
Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase):
Enter same passphrase again:
Your identification has been saved in /Users/astacoviak/.ssh/id_rsa.
Your public key has been saved in /Users/astacoviak/.ssh/id_rsa.pub.
The key fingerprint is:
08:49:4b:84:c6:b0:2c:9e:dc:aa:b4:b2:ba:d8:0f:52 [email protected]
The key's randomart image is:
+--[ RSA 2048]----+
|.o o+ |
|.++o o |
|oo + |
|+ o . . |
| +A. . S |
| .. |
|.o. |
|=o+. |
|O++.. |
+-----------------+
Install Bundler
gem install bundler
If you're on an old version of Rubygems
sudo gem update --system
Setup your .gemrc
echo -e '---
:benchmark: false
gem: --no-ri --no-rdoc
:update_sources: true
:bulk_threshold: 1000
:verbose: true
:sources:
- http://rubygems.org
:backtrace: false' > ~/.gemrc
You likely have a number of servers that you use. Open up ~/.ssh/config and create some aliases to those servers.
Host clientname_staging
HostName staging.clientdomain.com
User developer
Host clientname_production
HostName clientdomain.com
User developer