Mac

We provide information on how to run free software and general free software development on Mac OS X. Our instructions are not exactly radically about pure "free" software, but focus on advanced usage and software development that may be useful for creating free software.

This information may not be optimal or well-automated as the current contributor to this article is not very much experienced with Mac OS X.

Configuring Mac OS X for development

• I didn't use a package manager at first and installed the following by going directly to the websites
  • Firefox, Chrome
  • Git
  • Google voice plugin
• Install an IRC client from the app store
  • Go to XCode -> Preferences -> Downloads and install command line tools for xcode
• Install XCode from the app store
• Change capslock to control key in system preferences -> keyboard ->
• Learn the trackpad gestures. They're useful. Activate the four finger gesture for exposee
• Turn off stupid autocorrection
• Vim
  • install macvim if you want to have something like vim; otherwise its already in the system
  • Firefox is still the best browser for wiki editing. Install its all text plugin and use macvim as the app.
• /home vs /User
  • I disabled automount of /home then symlinked to my home directory using this [1]

Java

• The maven build system already comes in Mac OS X mountain lion
• I installed JDK by typing java in google and clicking on the oracle website. If you need java 6 then you need to logon to developer.apple.com and get it there.

Installing Linux on a Mac

There are two options, running Linux on top Mac OS X using VMware (which is reportedly more polished than other alternatives), or installing linux natively.

Macbook pro early 2013

I will here report my experience on installing linux on a early 2013 macbook pro.

Links

• Information in portuguese about free software, linux, and macs http://www.aprigiosimoes.com.br

See Also

Configuring Ubuntu for Programming