Laptop

Laptop is a script to set up a Mac OS X or Linux laptop for Rails development.

Requirements

Mac OS X

1. Install XCode. This provides header files which are necessary for installing certain Ruby gems. You can do this from the App Store. Make sure you open XCode once to install any additional components.

2. Install a C compiler.

For Lion (10.7) or Mountain Lion (10.8): Go to the list of downloads listed on Apple's developer site and look for the latest version of "Command Line Tools (OS X Lion) for XCode" or "Command Line Tools (OS X Mountain Lion) for XCode". Download and run.

For Mavericks (10.9): run sudo xcodebuild -license and follow the instructions to accept the XCode agreement. Then run xcode-select --install in your terminal and then click "Install". If this does not work, you can always download the Command Line Tools manually as instructed above (just look for the Mavericks version).

3. Set zsh as your login shell:

   chsh -s /bin/zsh

Make sure to open a new tab in your terminal before proceeding or else the laptop script will fail.

Linux

We support:

• 13.10: Saucy Salamander,
• 13.04: Raring Ringtail,
• 12.10: Quantal Quetzal, and
• 12.04 LTS: Precise Pangolin,
• Debian stable (currently wheezy).
• Debian testing (currently jessie).

1. Install zsh and set it as your login shell:

   bash <(wget -qO- https://raw.github.com/thoughtbot/laptop/master/linux-prerequisites)

Install

Mac OS X

Read, then run the script:

zsh <(curl -s https://raw.github.com/thoughtbot/laptop/master/mac)

Linux

Read, then run the script:

zsh <(wget -qO- https://raw.github.com/thoughtbot/laptop/master/linux)

What it sets up

• Bundler gem for managing Ruby libraries
• Exuberant Ctags for indexing files for vim tab completion
• Foreman gem for serving Rails apps locally
• Heroku Config plugin for local ENV variables
• Heroku Toolbelt for interacting with the Heroku API
• Hub gem for interacting with the GitHub API
• Homebrew for managing operating system libraries (OS X only)
• ImageMagick for cropping and resizing images
• Postgres for storing relational data
• Qt for headless JavaScript testing via Capybara Webkit
• Rails gem for writing web applications
• Rbenv for managing versions of the Ruby programming language
• Redis for storing key-value data
• Ruby Build for installing Rubies
• Ruby stable for writing general-purpose code
• The Silver Searcher for finding things in files
• Tmux for saving project state and switching between projects
• Watch for periodically executing a program and displaying the output

It should take less than 15 minutes to install (depends on your machine).

Credits

Laptop is maintained and funded by thoughtbot, inc. The names and logos for thoughtbot are trademarks of thoughtbot, inc.

Thank you, contributors!

Contributing

Please see CONTRIBUTING.md.

License

Laptop is © 2011-2013 thoughtbot, inc. It is free software, and may be redistributed under the terms specified in the LICENSE file.