Mac developer setup

instructions.md

Install

GCC Compiler tools

1. Command Line Tools for Xcode
2. Kenneth Reitz's OSX GCC Installer

Homebrew

Install with this line

/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(/usr/bin/curl -fksSL https://raw.github.com/mxcl/homebrew/master/Library/Contributions/install_homebrew.rb)"

Read more about Homebrew

Git

brew install git

Standard useful packages

brew install ack wget curl colordiff imagemagick sqlite libxml2 libxslt readlin

rbenv & ruby-build

brew install rbenv ruby-build

Follow given instructions

Disable sendmail

sudo chmod -x /usr/bin/sendmail

ZSH and dotfiles

sh <(curl -fsSL git.io/~hecticjeff)

Use Pow! for running Rack apps

curl get.pow.cx | VERSION=0.4.0-pre sh

Tell Pow about rbenv PATHs

# ~/.powconfig
export PATH="/Users/paul/.rbenv/shims:/Users/paul/.rbenv/bin:$PATH"