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Mac Setup Scripts

Mac users may want to consider the use of Homebrew as their go-to package manager which simplifies the installation of many packages, desktop applications, command line tools etc. by using a single command for the majority of if not all installations.

A set of scripts have been created and are free to use by anyone to aid setting up a Mac for the first time. Please refer to the repository for full instructions.

These scripts cover typical installations required to develop on the FCP Platform and CDP:

  • Command Line Tools for Xcode
  • Homebrew
  • kubectl
  • Azure CLI
  • Helm
  • Snyk CLI
  • GitHub CLI
  • Python
  • Pip
  • pre-commit
  • detect-secrets
  • .NET SDK
  • Docker
  • Visual Studio Code

The scripts do not cover neostandard or Node Version Manager (NVM).

There is also an optional script which installs a range of mostly desktop applications and other packages that may be useful for day-to-day development.