RSR_Dev Process Tools - adriancollier/demo GitHub Wiki

1. Install Xcode from the Mac App Store
2. Open Xcode and
   • Allow any further system library updates to be completed
   • Go to Preferences > Downloads > Components and ensure the Command Line Tools are installed
     • this will install compilation tools like gcc and development libraries such as libxml2, libxslt, etc. which are needed for compiling various Python packages later on
3. Install MySQL 5.5 (select the Mac OS X 10.6, 64-bit, DMG archive)
4. Install Python 2.7 for Mac OS X
5. Setup Git and Github access:
   • Install Git command-line tools
   • Create a Github account for yourself
   • Request access to the relevant Akvo repositories from one of the Akvo Dev team members
   • Setup your SSH keys or password caching and any further repository configuration
   • Install a Git client app as necessary, e.g. Github for Mac or GitX
6. Install Homebrew
7. Install the following packages with Homebrew:
   • brew install git-flow (a git branch management tool)
   • brew install imagemagick (installs system packages for building the Python Image Library)

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