TidalCycles Installer Script for Mac OS https://tidalcycles.org/index.php/MacOS_installation

tidalup.sh

#!/bin/bash
# Author: James Campbell
# Date: September 2019
# Last Updated: September 2019
# Contact: [email protected]
# What: tidalcycles installer script for OSX

#### COLORS
COLOR_PURPLE='\033[0;35m'
normal='\033[0m'

#### CHECK FOR MAC OS
if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "darwin"* ]]; then
	printf "$COLOR_PURPLE[0]$normal Mac OS detected, moving forward with installation...\n"
else
	echo "Mac OS not detected, this script is for Mac OS or OSX only." && exit 1
fi

#### CHECK FOR HOMEBREW
if command -v brew 2>/dev/null; then
	printf "$COLOR_PURPLE[1]$normal Homebrew found, installing Super Collider..."
	brew cask install supercollider
else
	echo "Install homebrew first at https://brew.sh"
	exit 1
fi

#### CHECK FOR HASKELL
if command -v cabal 2>/dev/null; then
	printf "$COLOR_PURPLE[2]$normal Haskell found, skipping...\n"
else
	printf "$COLOR_PURPLE[2]$normal Installing Haskell via ghcup...\n"
	curl https://get-ghcup.haskell.org -sSf | sh
fi

#### CHECK FOR GIT
if command -v git 2>/dev/null; then
	printf "$COLOR_PURPLE[3]$normal git found, skipping...\n"
else
	printf "$COLOR_URPLE[3]$normal installing git...\n"
	brew install git
fi

#### INSTALL TIDALCYCLES
printf "$COLOR_PURPLE[4]$normal Congratulations, you have all the pre-reqs...\n"
echo "Installing tidalcycles via cabal..."
echo ""
. "$HOME/.ghcup/env"
echo '. $HOME/.ghcup/env' >> "$HOME/.bashrc"
cabal update
cabal install tidal --lib

#### OPEN SUPERCOLLIDER TO CREATE DIRS
printf "Opening SuperCollider and closing in background to initialize Extensions directory..."
sudo spctl --master-disable
open -j -g -a SuperCollider
sudo spctl --master-enable
sleep 5
killall SuperCollider

#### INSTALL PLUGINS
printf "$COLOR_PURPLE[5]$normal Installing SuperCollider Plugins...\n"
wget https://github.com/supercollider/sc3-plugins/releases/download/Version-3.10.0/sc3-plugins-3.10.0-macOS.zip -O /tmp/sc3.zip
unzip -q /tmp/sc3.zip -d ~/Library/Application\ Support/SuperCollider/Extensions/

#### INSTALL SUPERDIRT
echo "Follow the instructions on the screen in SuperCollider to finish the install, enjoy!"
echo "Help and further info at: https://tidalcycles.org/index.php/MacOS_installation"
printf '// Place your cursor on the line below and press Shift-Enter\ninclude("SuperDirt")\n restart SuperCollider and GTG\n' > /tmp/superdirt.scd
open /tmp/superdirt.scd
exit 0

This is untested, but would love feedback. Please try it out and let me know. To run in OSX:

chmod +x tidalup.sh
./tidalup.sh

I am trying to make it idempotent so it shouldn't break anything if you run it more than once but YMMV.

this worked great! 👍

@wensontsai great, thanks for testing it out. Glad it worked :)

Now I can safely say this script is confirmed working.

It's a godsend. I was having issues with installing each piece before and ghc path fussinesses. Very happy!

🥰😍😎 super glad someone else found it useful. I had painful time as well.