royvandongen / osx_automated_install

Automated installation of additional tools and programs

osx_automated_install

Automated installation of additional tools and programs

This text is from Jeff Geerlings version of this repo @ mac-dev-playbook

Installation

1. Ensure Apple's command line tools are installed (xcode-select --install to launch the installer).

2. Install Ansible:

   1. Run the following command to add Python 3 to your $PATH: export PATH="$HOME/Library/Python/3.9/bin:/opt/homebrew/bin:$PATH"
   2. Upgrade Pip: sudo pip3 install --upgrade pip
   3. Install Ansible: pip3 install ansible

3. Clone or download this repository to your local drive.

4. Run ansible-galaxy install -r requirements.yml inside this directory to install required Ansible roles.

5. Run ansible-playbook main.yml --ask-become-pass inside this directory. Enter your macOS account password when prompted for the 'BECOME' password.

Troubleshooting

If for whatever reason you want to re-run this playbook and get errors regarding "local modifications exist in the destination -> dotfiles", please perform a git reset --hard on the dotfiles repo locally