Ask HN: How do you install developer tools on a fresh system?

Post by n42 » Mon, Jun 20, 2016, 9:05 PM UTC

rcconf wrote: post #52

I use Ansible with Brew and Brew Cask. I've found using Brew for everything makes it easier to upgrade all applications for security reasons and it also gives a high level view of my system. Here's the relevant config file of the things I install: https://github.com/arianitu/setup-my-environment/blob/master... The ansible script also links to my dotfiles, which can be found at: https://github.com/arianitu/dotfiles

Post by beagle3 » Mon, Jun 20, 2016, 9:41 PM UTC

smnscu wrote: post #88

beagle3 wrote: post #82

Not directly related, but this seems like the right thread to ask: I've been trying to move from Linux to OS recently, and the one thing I can't stand is the .DS_Store and other files which OSX just throws all over the place, in every directory whether local, network or external drive. Is there a way to stop it? (installable on a fresh system? I've been experimenting with reformatting, so that's not a problem)

This might have what you're looking for, anyway it's a good starting point for a lot of commands to customize an OS X instance. https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles Edit: AFAIK .DS_Store is only created when you use Finder. In the past couple of years I've only used the Finders to drag'n drop stuff between ~/Desktop and ~/Downloads, terminal for the rest, so .DS_Store files might not be a problem in practice. Ed…

Post by akavel » Mon, Jun 20, 2016, 10:45 PM UTC

_query wrote: post #2

I'm using a shell script together with the nix package manager for that. The shell script just ensures that all packages are there (e.g. doing `nix-env -i fpp wget iterm2 jekyll ghc ruby nodejs composer php`). I can pin the version of all packages by configuring `NIX_PATH` to point to a specific `nixpkgs` (the package repository) commit. So that all people have exact the same versions of everything. Package customiza…

    # ~/.nixpkgs/config.nix
    {
      packageOverrides = defaultPkgs: with defaultPkgs; {
        # To install below "pseudo-package", run:
        #  $ nix-env -i all
        # or:
        #  $ nix-env -iA nixos.all
        all = with pkgs; buildEnv {
          name = "all";
          paths = [
            fpp wget iterm2 jekyll
            ghc ruby nodejs composer php
          ];
        };
      };
    }

Post by lostsock » Mon, Jun 20, 2016, 11:34 PM UTC

recursive wrote: post #67

It's about an even split between installers from an MSDN account, and a ninite bundled installer for the rest.

Post by skeoh » Tue, Jun 21, 2016, 12:35 AM UTC

j_s wrote: post #96

zihotki wrote: post #4

The question asks only about *nix systems, I assume, but it worth mentioning that there is a great tool for Windows too, just in case if someone needs it - https://chocolatey.org/

Automating from-scratch setup with chocolatey: http://www.boxstarter.org/