Things to do after fresh MacOS installation

After installing a fresh version of MacOS installation, you need to do a minimum installation of softwares for development or for entertainment purpose. Here is a list for the same

• macOS version

  sw_vers
  

  system_profiler SPSoftwareDataType
  

  uname -a
  

• install Homebrew - a package manager for mac

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

• install MacPorts (optional, as alternative to Homebrew)

  sudo port selfupdate # to update port
  port installed # all installed ports
  port outdated # list of outdated ports
  port upgrade vim # upgrade installed port
  

• create .zshrc file in home directory

  nano ~/.zshrc
  

• colorize terminal output (folders & files with diff. colors) (optional)

  nano ~/.zshrc
  export CLICOLOR=1
  

• change shell from zshrc to bash (Only if you want to change shell, else leave it.)

  # list of included shells
  cat /etc/shells
  
  # change default shell to Bash
  chsh -s /bin/bash
  
  # change default shell back to Zsh
  chsh -s /bin/zsh
  

• install xcode command-line tools (it prompts to install)

  git --version
  

• download from sites

  • Google Chrome
  • Firefox
  • Visual studio code
  • Atom
  • Jetbrains Toolbox (PyCharm & IntelliJ)
  • Eclipse
  • Slack
  • Zoom client
  • Skype
  • Dropbox
  • RStudio
  • MySQL JDBC connector
  • R
  • RStudio
  • Zettlr (Markdown editor)
  • cmake

• install & configure (export path variables to .zshrc/.bashrc)

  • Oracle Java JDK (LTS)

    # JAVA_HOME
    export JAVA_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home)
    export PATH=$PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin
    
    # export JAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk-11.0.14.jdk/Contents/Home
    

  • Python

    # Python - depending on your version & location
    export PATH=$PATH:/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.11/bin
    # export PATH=$PATH:/$HOME/Library/Python/3.9/bin
    

  • Go

    # GOROOT & GOPATH
    export GOROOT=/usr/local/go
    export GOPATH=$HOME/go
    export PATH=$PATH:$GOROOT/bin:$GOPATH/bin
    

  • Maven

    # check JAVA_HOME
    tar xzvf apache-maven-3.8.5-bin.tar.gz
    sudo mv apache-maven-3.8.5 /opt/
    # path
    export MAVEN_HOME=/opt/apache-maven-3.8.5
    export PATH=$PATH:$MAVEN_HOME/bin
    

  • Protocol Buffers

    unzip protoc-3.20.0-osx-x86_64.zip
    sudo mv protoc-3.20.0-osx-x86_64 /opt/
    # path
    PROTOC_HOME=/opt/protoc-3.20.0-osx-x86_64
    export PATH=$PATH:$PROTOC_HOME
    # check
    protoc --version
    

• configure git

  • create a personal access token

    git config --global user.email <you@example.com>
    git config --global user.name <Your Name>
    

  • configure git credential manager core for PAT (Personel Access Token)

    # tell Git you want to store credentials in the osxkeychain
    git config --global credential.helper osxkeychain
    
    # add your access token to the osxkeychain- by using pull/push
    # when prompted for password, instead enter access token(it get cached in the osxkeychain automatically)
    git clone https://github.com/username/repo.git
    

• install & configure open-ssh

  sudo port install openssh
  sudo port load openssh
  

• install/uninstall with brew

  brew install wget
  brew list # lists apps installed by brew
  brew uninstall wget
  

• containers & kubernetes

  • install Docker Desktop on Mac
  • install Rancher Desktop (docker without Docker Desktop)
    • container runtime of your choice (containerd or dockerd) - free
    • kubernetes, Traefik
    • docker(cli), docker-compose, docker-buildx
    • kubectl, helm, nerdctl, rdctl