Setting up a Fresh Install

To do most of these things, I need my password manager. Install Dropbox, then 1Password, then continue.

First, git config --global credential.useHttpPath to make sure the right remote URL gets cached when we clone.

Next, clone into $HOME: git clone https://github.com/joseph-long/dotfiles.git.

(Note that unless git's credential.useHttpPath is already true, you will have to remove the cached credentials. (The .gitconfig file in here sets useHttpPath=true.) On Linux, more setup is required for credential storage.)

Next, link dotfiles into place (after removing the temporary git config): rm -f ~/.gitconfig && ./setup_dotfiles.sh

macOS

To set up nix-darwin, curl https://nixos.org/nix/install > nix-install.sh and sh nix-install.sh.

Following http://zzamboni.org/post/using-nixs-single-user-mode-on-macos/, convert the installation to single-user:

sudo launchctl unload /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.nixos.nix-daemon.plist 
sudo launchctl stop org.nixos.nix-daemon
sudo chown -R $USER /nix

Edit /etc/bashrc and /etc/profile and append unset NIX_REMOTE.

Remove from /etc/nix/nix.conf:

build-users-group = nixbld

Then, install from https://github.com/LnL7/nix-darwin (using manual install for now).

git clone https://www.github.com/LnL7/nix-darwin.git ~/.nix-defexpr/darwin
mkdir -p ~/.nixpkgs
cp ~/.nix-defexpr/darwin/modules/examples/simple.nix ~/.nixpkgs/darwin-configuration.nix

The line if test -e /etc/static/bashrc; then . /etc/static/bashrc; fi is in .bash_profile already, so you don't need to modify it.

The /etc/bashrc and /etc/nix/nix.conf created by the Nix installer won't be overwritten by nix-darwin, so remove them and open a new terminal to run darwin-rebuild.

The nix-darwin installer places a configuration file in ~/.nixpkgs/darwin-configuration.nix. TODO: copy one from this repo.

Some stateful things need setting:

• 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

Linux / other *nix

• If you just want to copy the dotfiles: bash ./setup_dotfiles.sh

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

Regular Maintenance

Keep Python packages up to date with

pip freeze --local | grep -v '^\-e' | cut -d = -f 1  | xargs -n1 pip install -U
pip3 freeze --local | grep -v '^\-e' | cut -d = -f 1  | xargs -n1 pip3 install -U

macOS

Keep Homebrew-managed applications up to date with brew update && brew upgrade (brew update && brew outdated to list)

Cross-platform apps

• Install VSCode
• Install Dropbox

macOS App Store & Downloadable DMGs

Set preferences to allow unknown apps: System Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> General -> Allow apps downloaded from anywhere

• Install 1Password
• Install XCode from the App Store
• Install Slate
• Install The Unarchiver from the App Store
• Install Skim
• Install BasicTeX
• Install VLC
• Install AppZapper (don't allow contacts)
• Install f.lux
• Install VirtualBox
• Install iTerm 2
• Install uBlock Safari Extension
• Install Processing

Homebrew / Python Apps

• Install Homebrew

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

• 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
  

• Install MacTeX (brew cask install mactex)