Developer Setup

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Developer Setup

1. Download Xcode from the mac app store

2. Setup homebrew_:

   /usr/bin/ruby -e "$(/usr/bin/curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/mxcl/homebrew/master/Library/Contributions/install_homebrew.rb)"
   

   Then:

   brew tap homebrew/versions
   

3. Install git:

   brew install git
   

4. Install python2.7:

   brew install python
   

5. Make sure that brew installed python is first in path (see here_)

   Prepend the following to the PATH variable in your .bashrc or .zshrc:

   /usr/local/share/python
   

6. Install distribute:

   curl -O http://python-distribute.org/distribute_setup.py
   python distribute_setup.py
   

7. Install pip:

   easy_install pip
   

8. Install virtualenv:

   pip install virtualenv
   

9. Install virtualenvwrapper:

   pip install virtualenvwrapper
   

10. Make sure virtualenvwrapper is sourced by your shell environment, place the following into your .profile, .bashrc, or .zshrc:

    source /usr/local/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh
    

11. Install required libraries:

    easy_install numpy
    

    Then:

    brew install geos proj gdal postgresql postgis15
    

12. Initialize a DB:

    initdb /usr/local/var/postgres
    

13. May need to start postgres manually:

    pg_ctl -D /usr/local/var/postgres -l /usr/local/var/postgres/server.log start
    

    Or stop:

    pg_ctl -D /usr/local/var/postgres stop -s -m fast