dotfiles

Bash scripts and other files backed up from the user director (~/)

Setup Mac

1. Install Homebrew for installing commandline software

2. Install rbenv (Ruby Environment) for installing newer versions of Ruby locally/globally

    brew install rbenv
   

3. Install Xcode Command line tools (included with Homebrew)

    xcode-select --install
   

Configure Local Machine

1. Download from Github

    cd ~
    git clone https://github.com/PaulSolt/dotfiles.git
   

2. Install oh-my-zsh

    sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"
   

3. Setup Symlinks (move old files to relink to dotfiles)

   zsh

    ln -s dotfiles/.zshrc .zshrc
   

   bash

    ln -s dotfiles/.bashrc .bashrc
    ln -s dotfiles/.bash_profile .bash_profile
   

4. Reload bash profile

   zsh

    source ~/.zshrc
   

   bash

    source ~/.bash_profile
   

5. Test a command (pwdf - print front most finder directory path)

    pwdf
   

One Time Setup

Using version control makes this easier to download and setup

cd ~
mkdir dotfiles

Move files into dotfiles

mv .zshrc dotfiles/

mv .bashrc dotfiles/
mv .bash_profile dotfiles/

Create a symlink to the files

ln -s ~/dotfiles/.zshrc .zshrc

ln -s ~/dotfiles/.bashrc .bashrc
ln -s ~/dotfiles/.bash_profile .bash_profile

References

• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20008354/version-controlling-bashrc-etc
• Configuring bash scriptingosx.com