System set up instructions
- Install XCode command line tools:
xcode-select --install- Install MacPorts (from https://www.macports.org/install.php)
- Install MacPorts coreutils
sudo port install coreutils- Clone this repo to your home directory
mkdir ~/personal
cd ~/personal
git clone https://github.com/kerbylane/mac.git- in your home directory create links to the files in the dotFiles directory except for bash_profile
for file in personal/mac/dotFiles/.*; do
name=$(echo $file | cut -d / -f 4)
ln -s $file ./.$name
done- In ~/.bash_profile add the following:
export MY_HOST_NAME=LAPTOP # see bash_prompt.sh for information
source ~/personal/mac/dotfiles/bash_profile- Update your shell to a more recent version:
# Install a recent version of bash
sudo port install bash
# Add it to the list of shells that are acceptable
sudo echo "/opt/local/bin/bash" >> /etc/shells
# change the default shell to the new one
sudo chsh -s /opt/local/bin/bash $(whoami)