Mac Dev Environment Setup

Git Configuration

git config --global user.name "First Last"       # fill in your name
git config --global user.email "ikke@mijndomain.com"
git config --global http.postBuffer 157286400

Tip: Use git fetch + git merge instead of git pull (or set rebase merge).

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Editors & Tools

• Install VS Code
• Install PlatformIO in VS Code
• Install Karabiner-Elements (map Shift-ESC to tilde)

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Terminal

• Install iTerm2 and make it the default terminal
• Install iTerm2 shell integrations

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Homebrew

Install Homebrew:

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

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Liquidprompt

Install Liquidprompt via git (powerline_full theme):

git clone https://github.com/liquidprompt/liquidprompt.git ~/liquidprompt

Add to ~/.zshrc:

# Only load Liquidprompt in interactive shells, not from a script or from scp
[[ $- = *i* ]] && source ~/liquidprompt/liquidprompt
[[ $- = *i* ]] && source ~/liquidprompt/themes/powerline/powerline.theme
[[ $- = *i* ]] && lp_theme powerline

Powerline Fonts

mkdir -p ~/Git/generic
cd ~/Git/generic
git clone https://github.com/powerline/fonts.git --depth=1
cd fonts && ./install.sh

• In iTerm2: change font to Roboto Mono for Powerline, Regular, 17px
• Change colors to Solarized Dark in iTerm2
• Check if VS Code terminal also has the Powerline fonts

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Brew Packages

brew update
brew upgrade

Core CLI Tools

brew install fzf
$(brew --prefix)/opt/fzf/install
exec zsh

brew install rustup
rustup-init
cargo install exa

brew install cowsay
brew install coreutils
brew install bat
brew install ripgrep
brew install zoxide
brew install entr
brew install wget

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Google Cloud SDK

wget https://dl.google.com/dl/cloudsdk/channels/rapid/downloads/google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz
# Extract in user home directory, then:
./google-cloud-sdk/install.sh
rm google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz
exec zsh
gcloud components update
gcloud auth login

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tmux

brew install tmux
brew install tpm
git clone https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tpm ~/.tmux/plugins/tpm

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Ansible

brew install python@3.11
python3.11 -m venv ansible-env
source ansible-env/bin/activate

pip3 install ansible-core==2.11.6
pip3 install apache_libcloud==3.3.1
pip3 install google-auth
pip3 install requests

Ansible Config

Create ~/.ansible.cfg:

[galaxy]
server = https://old-galaxy.ansible.com/

Ansible Galaxy Collections & Roles

ansible-galaxy collection install google.cloud:1.2.0
ansible-galaxy collection install community.google:1.0.0
ansible-galaxy collection install community.general:3.8.1
ansible-galaxy collection install ansible.windows
ansible-galaxy role install googlecloudplatform.google_cloud_ops_agents

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Networking

# Traceroute
brew install mtr

• Install WireGuard (use IPs from wp-voice-ansible)
• Login via gcloud ssh to one machine in each project

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More Brew Packages

# Disk usage
brew install ncdu

# Downloader
brew install aria2

# Calculator
brew install insect

# MySQL CLI
brew install mycli

# PostgreSQL CLI
brew tap dbcli/tap
brew install pgcli

# System info
brew install neofetch

# Markdown reader
brew install glow

# FTP/WebDAV etc.
brew install duck

# Top replacement
brew install bpytop

# Find replacement
brew install fd

# Remote terminal helper
brew install tmate

# Lazygit (TUI)
brew install lazygit

# Video downloader (YouTube etc.)
brew install lux

# Terminal notifier
brew install terminal-notifier

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Neovim

brew install neovim
pip3 install pynvim
sh -c "$(wget -O- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Shougo/dein-installer.vim/master/installer.sh)"
nvim +"call dein#update()" +qall

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Redis (Local for Testing)

brew install redis
brew services start redis

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Even More Brew Packages

# Disk usage (alternative)
brew install dust

# Cheat sheets (handy shortened manuals)
brew install cheat

# Terminal recorder
brew install asciinema
npm --global i -D git+https://github.com/miraclx/svgembed svg-term-cli

# Zsh autocomplete
brew install zsh-autocomplete

# HTTP client
brew install httpie

# Zsh completions
brew install zsh-completions

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kubectl

gcloud components install kubectl

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SSL Certificates

Export system root certificates:

security find-certificate -a -p \
  /System/Library/Keychains/SystemRootCertificates.keychain \
  /Library/Keychains/System.keychain > ~/.mac-ca.pem

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Fix permissions

for file in $(compaudit); do
  sudo chmod 755 $file
  sudo chmod 755 $(dirname $file)
  sudo chown $(whoami) $file
done

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Perl

Install latest .zshrc, then:

rm -fr ~/perl5
PERL_MM_OPT="INSTALL_BASE=$HOME/perl5" cpan local::lib
eval "$(perl -I$HOME/perl5/lib/perl5 -Mlocal::lib=$HOME/perl5)"
brew install perl
curl -L https://cpanmin.us | perl - App::cpanminus
cpanm App::cpanoutdated
cpan-outdated | cpanm --notest

Perl Modules

cpanm JSON::XS
cpanm Mojolicious
cpanm Mojo::Redis
cpanm LWP::Protocol::https
cpanm Mojolicious::Plugin::Sentry
cpanm Config::YAML
cpanm Carton
cpanm -f Perl::PrereqScanner::Lite
cpanm App::scan_prereqs_cpanfile
cpanm File::JSON::Slurper
cpanm -f AnyEvent
cpanm AnyEvent::AIO
cpanm Coro
cpanm Class::Refresh
cpanm Compiler::Lexer
cpanm Hash::SafeKeys
cpanm Perl::LanguageServer

Redis::Fast (requires OpenSSL)

export LIBRARY_PATH=$LIBRARY_PATH:/opt/homebrew/opt/openssl/lib/
cpanm -n Redis::Fast

Imager::File::PNG (requires libpng)

export LIBRARY_PATH=$LIBRARY_PATH:/opt/homebrew/Cellar/libpng/1.6.44/lib/
export C_INCLUDE_PATH=$C_INCLUDE_PATH:/opt/homebrew/Cellar/libpng/1.6.44/include/
cpanm Imager::File::PNG

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Global Gitignore

echo ".DS_Store" > ~/.gitignore
echo ".vscode" >> ~/.gitignore
git config --global core.excludesFile '~/.gitignore'

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MacFUSE

brew install --cask macfuse

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dockdoor

brew install --cask dockdoor

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Add to ~/.zshrc:

export SSL_CERT_FILE="$HOME/.mac-ca.pem"
export MOJO_CA_FILE="$HOME/.mac-ca.pem"           # optional, nice for Mojolicious
export PERL_LWP_SSL_CA_FILE="$HOME/.mac-ca.pem"   # optional, helps LWP too