Mac Setup Guide
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ZSH
If you have a modern mac, zsh should already be your default shell.
- Open a new Terminal window (or tab)
- Run the following command:
echo $SHELL
You have ZSH if you see the following output: /bin/zsh
If you see something else, like
/bin/bash
, then you need to install zsh.
oh-my-zsh
- Visit https://ohmyz.sh/
- Follow instructions. At the time of writing, it's:
sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"
Homebrew
- Visit https://brew.sh/
- Click the "Copy" link and run the command. At the time of this writing, it's:
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
Configure Git
brew install git
git config --global core.ignorecase false
Set your name
git config --global --list
If you don't see your name and email, then run these commands:
git config --global user.name "<your actual name>"
git config --global user.email "<your actual email>"
Install Helm
brew install helm
NodeJS with NVM
- Visit https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm
- Follow the instructions
At the time this article was written, the command is:
curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.38.0/install.sh | zsh
source ~/.zshrc
nvm install node
nvm alias default node
Install Visual Studio Code
If you don't have Visual Studio Code, you can install it with Homebrew:
brew install --cask visual-studio-code
If those instructions don't work, you can follow these instructions
Configure Visual Studio Code
Install the Live Share extension:
code --install-extension ms-vsliveshare.vsliveshare
Install the YAML extension.
code --install-extension redhat.vscode-yaml
Docker Desktop
You can install docker desktop via brew:
brew install --cask docker
Slack App
It's helpful to have the Slack Mac App.
IBM Cloud CLI
Click the link below and follow the instructions: