Setting up a Fresh Install

To get the dotfiles and apply the subset of configuration steps that it was possible to automate, run one of the included scripts:

• If you have root on the machine: bash ./setup_osx.sh
• If you don't have root on the machine: bash ./setup_osx_nosudo.sh
• If you just want to copy the dotfiles: bash ./dotfiles_setup.sh

Then proceed to download and install those things that require interactive installation.

Regular Maintenance

New versions of vim plugins in submodules can be obtained with git submodule foreach git pull origin master

Keep Homebrew-managed applications up to date with brew update && brew upgrade (brew update && brew outdated to list)

Keep Python packages up to date with pip freeze --local | grep -v '^\-e' | cut -d = -f 1 | xargs -n1 pip install -U

On point releases of Python, it may be necessary to reinstall a bunch of stuff (e.g. IPython and Jupyter). To re-enable the Python 2.7 kernel:

python2 -m pip install ipykernel
python2 -m ipykernel install --user

App Store & Downloadable DMGs

• Install 1Password
• Install XCode from the App Store
• Install Slate
• Install The Unarchiver from the App Store
• Set preferences to allow unknown apps: System Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> General -> Allow apps downloaded from anywhere
• Install Skim
• Install BasicTeX
• Install VLC
• Install AppZapper (don't allow contacts)
• Install f.lux
• Install VirtualBox
• Install iTerm 2
• Install Adblock Plus Safari Extension

Homebrew / Python Apps

• Install Homebrew

  /usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"`
  

• Use casks:

  brew tap caskroom/cask
  

• Install Python 2.7, Python 3 from Homebrew (brew install python python3) and update setuptools

  pip install --upgrade pip setuptools
  pip3 install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
  

• Install Git (brew install git)

• Install mosh (brew install mobile-shell)

• Install FreeType (brew install freetype)

• Install ZeroMQ (brew install zeromq)

• Install bash_completion (brew install bash-completion)

• Install some useful Python packages:

  pip install -Ur ~/dotfiles/systemwide_requirements.txt
  pip3 install -Ur ~/dotfiles/systemwide_requirements.txt