This document assumes you are starting from a fresh install of macOS.
Most recently tested 2021-12-14 with the following macOS release:
% sw_vers
ProductName: macOS
ProductVersion: 12.0.1
BuildVersion: 21A559
macOS includes git, so you should already have that. It may prompt you to set up developer tools if you're using it for the first time.
Most recently tested 2021-04-09 with the following git release:
% git --version
git version 2.24.3 (Apple Git-128)
Homebrew's site gives a shell command to download and install it https://brew.sh/
To update both the installed homebrew version and its list of formulae:
% brew update
To upgrade software installed via brew:
$ brew upgrade <formula name>
Homebrew has a search page you can use to look up formula names: http://formulae.brew.sh/
Most recently tested 2021-12-14 with the following Homebrew release:
% brew --version
Homebrew 3.3.8
Homebrew/homebrew-core (git revision d50fec801e7; last commit 2021-12-14)
Homebrew/homebrew-cask (git revision 9e847b02f5; last commit 2021-12-14)
This one may fail on the first attempt with a prompt to allow software signed by Oracle. After doing that, the second attempt should succeed.
$ brew install virtualbox
Most recently tested 2021-12-14 with the following Virtualbox release:
% VBoxManage --version
6.1.30r148432
$ brew install vagrant
Most recently tested 2021-12-14 with the following Vagrant release:
% vagrant --version
Vagrant 2.2.19
$ brew install gnupg
Most recently tested 2021-12-14 with the following GnuPG release:
% gpg --version
gpg (GnuPG) 2.3.3
libgcrypt 1.9.4
[...]
As of this writing, python 3.9.9 is installed by default in macOS, which should work fine. You ca optionally install the 'python' homebrew package to get a later version.
$ brew install python
Note that to run python 3.x you need to use the name python3; running python will run python
2.x.
Most recently tested 2021-12-14 with the following Python release:
% python3 --version
Python 3.9.9
This tool sets and unsets environment variables as you change directories in a shell session, providing a convenient facility for setting up project-specific configuration.
brew install direnv
To activate direnv when starting bash (the default shell on macOS), add the following line to the
end of ~/.profile:
eval "$(direnv hook bash)"
direnv also supports several other shells -- zsh, fish, tcsh, and elvish as of this writing. Its website includes instructions for enabling each of the shells it supports.
Most recently tested 2021-12-14 with the following direnv release:
% direnv --version
2.29.0