From instructions on https://brew.sh
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
Add the brew command to your ~/.zshrc file
# Use `brew` command in shell
export PATH="/opt/homebrew/bin:$PATH"
brew install postgresql
Start Postgres
brew services start postgres
Restart Postgres
brew services restart postgresql
Check the status of services
brew services
Check logs
tail /usr/local/var/log/postgres.log
Upgrade Postgres
brew postgresql-upgrade-database
Check Postgres Version
brew info postgres
brew install rbenv
Add the rbenv command to ~/.zshrc
# Use `rbenv` command in shell
eval "$(rbenv init -)"
export RUBY_CONFIGURE_OPTS="--with-openssl-dir=$(brew --prefix openssl@1.1)"
Install node version manager to easily switch between NodeJS versions
brew install nvm
mkdir ~/.nvm
Add the following to your zsh profile nano ~/.zshrc to always make the nvm command available
# Use `nvm` command in shell
export NVM_DIR=~/.nvm
source $(brew --prefix nvm)/nvm.sh
Restart your terminal or run source ~/.zshrc to reload this file.
List all available NodeJS versions
nvm ls-remote
Install the latest available LTS version
nvm install --lts
brew install redis
brew services start redis
brew unlink imagemagick
brew install imagemagick@6
brew link imagemagick@6 --force
brew uninstall pkg-config
brew install pkg-config
brew unlink pkg-config && brew link pkg-config
RMagick2.bundle (LoadError) use pristine to force a restore.
gem pristine rmagick
Install JDK
brew install homebrew/cask-versions/adoptopenjdk8
Find the desired version of elastic search
brew search elasticsearch
To install, Install the latest ElasticSearch:
brew install elasticsearch
// start elasticsearch
brew services start elasticsearch
To install ElasticSearch@6:
brew install elasticsearch@6
// start elasticsearch
brew services start elasticsearch
// add path to zshrc
echo 'export PATH="/usr/local/opt/elasticsearch@6/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc
Check installed version
curl -X GET http://localhost:9200/
To uninstall elasticsearch:
// check if it is currently installed, if it is, it will show the path otherwise it will show "Not installed"
brew info elasticsearch
brew uninstall elasticsearch
brew stop elasticsearch
// remove all remaining files and folders
rm -rf /usr/local/var/lib/elasticsearch/
rm -rf /usr/local/var/log/elasticsearch/elasticsearch_jerome.log
rm -rf /usr/local/var/elasticsearch/plugins/
rm -rf /usr/local/etc/elasticsearch/
brew install ngrok
Sign into ngrok.com and retrieve your auth token.
Add your auth token to ngrok's local configuration
ngrok authtoken <token>
Start ngrok
ngrok http 3000
## Or if using a paid subdoman
ngrok http -subdomain=<yoursubdomain> 3000
brew install tree
Instead of using ls you can use tree to see your directories laid out in a tree structure
More details: https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/tree
brew install tmux overmind
https://github.com/DarthSim/overmind
brew install yarn
Here's an example of my ~/.zshrc file after installing brew, rbenv, nvm, vscode.
# Use `brew` command in shell
export PATH="/opt/homebrew/bin:$PATH"
# Use `rbenv` command in shell
eval "$(rbenv init -)"
export RUBY_CONFIGURE_OPTS="--with-openssl-dir=$(brew --prefix openssl@1.1)"
# Use `nvm` command in shell
export NVM_DIR=~/.nvm
source $(brew --prefix nvm)/nvm.sh
# Use VSCode `code` command in shell
code () { VSCODE_CWD="$PWD" open -n -b "com.microsoft.VSCode" --args $* ;}
# Use Nano as default editor
export EDITOR=nano