Susan Potter
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OSX Lion (10.7.4) work laptop setup

Homebrew

Install after the command-line tools for Xcode.

  • tmux
  • erlang
  • haskell-platform
  • zsh
  • git
  • figlet
  • scala
  • sbt
  • rbenv
  • ruby-build
  • s3cmd
  • pit
brew install tmux erlang haskell-platform zsh \
  git figlet scala sbt rbenv ruby-build s3cmd pit

RubyGems

  • veewee

App Store

  • Opera
  • Skitch
  • XCode (Command-line tools)
  • Miro (if only there was a way to uninstall iTunes)

Manual Installs

  • Skype
  • Chrome
  • Firefox
  • Adium
  • Command-line tools from Xcode (after install)
  • GitHub for Mac
  • Java 7 (and change default to this in Java Preferences)
  • DropBox
  • Growl (latest free version)
  • VirtualBox
  • Vagrant - see https://www.vagrantup.com
  • Packer - see https://www.packer.io

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