Necessary to improve the install reliability of software and
associated libraries (extensions). There is now a split between core
installation of applications and associated libraries. This is a loose
split since everything in the *Install* category is mostly
applications but also contains related setup while the *Libraries*
category requires a machine reboot so the fully configured environment
is loaded to ensure all libraries install properly.
The specifics of these changes will be handled in the corresponding
macOS Configuration project.
Improves name consistency by using the same `install_` prefix for all
install scripts.
The dotfiles script was renamed as a shell script since this is now a
dedicated shell configuration script so people can configure their
default shell as they like. Use of this new shell script will be
configured in a future commit.
These are seldom used and native support via Homebrew, for example, is
better than what these scripts can do. This also reduces additional
maintenance burden on this project.
Necessary to make installing personal dotfiles a first class citizen
like many of the other install scripts. Having one's own dotfiles as
part of the machine setup helps ensure the shell is configured properly
especially when it comes to dealing with language specific dependencies
for Ruby, Rust, Node, etc. This reduces duplication within this project
-- and the macOS Configuration project -- from having to know all of
these details when settings can be defined within one's own dotfiles
once.
Necessary to provide a single source of truth for installing Node
dependencies. This used to be managed by the Yarn Setup project but
that project is being deprecated in favor of this project.
Necessary to provide a single source of truth for installing Ruby
dependencies. This used to be managed by the Ruby Setup project but
that project is being deprecated in favor of this project.
Necessary to implement the installation of Rust and associated crates
which can be used by downstream configurations. This functionality was
originally part of the macOS Configuration project but has been moved
here to provide a common foundation in which to build upon.
Necessary to ensure mas is installed before executing the script. This
reduces the strain on downstream projects/scripts from having to do
this check. This was previously part of the macOS Configuration project
but has been moved here as central location for core functionality.
Necessary to reduce an additional prompt for the user to deal with and
allow a more automated install process. This also includes better
architecture detection, instead of CPU detection, when determining
whether to install Rosetta.
Necessary for Apple Silicon machines -- at least for the time being --
in order to translate Intel based programs that are not ready to run
natively of Silicon hardware yet.
Improves labeling and categorization consistency while also cleaning up
some of the README terminology.
The recovery option is more of a last resort, provided by Apple, should
something catastrophic happen with the boot disk.
Necessary because installation of Big Sur doesn't seem to like password
protected APFS drives. Disk encryption will have to happen after
installation via FileVault.
These tools were originally necessary for some of the Homebrew
applications to install successfully (especially Elasticsearch) but
those requirements are no longer necessary. This also reduces the setup
friction by requiring less manual work on behalf of the installer.
Helpful for first-time installers not familar with XCode. Also reduces
confusion with license window which always seems to appear behind
current window.
- Oracle makes it difficult to download the Java SE Development Kit as
an offline download because the license must be accepted first. The
JDK is important to have installed as several Homebrew apps require
it to exist first.
- This provides a prompt for checking that the Java SE Development Kit
has been installed before proceeding as the original way of
installing it assumed you had visited the Oracle web site and
accepted the license.
- These scripts default to calling out to scripts of the same name as
defined by the custom configuration project (i.e.
`$MAC_OS_CONFIG_PATH`).
- This helps ensure the scripts in this project can be run
appropriately even if the custom configuration project hasn't fully
implemented all scripts yet.
- This also helps illustrate what scripts are necessary when creating a
custom configuration.
- Improves loading of the correct Bash environment/version, especially
on systems that might not be using a standard install (i.e.
Homebrew), by loading a version of Bash as defined by the environment
rather than a hard coded path.
[ci skip]
- This is a copy of the [OSX](https://github.com/bkuhlmann/osx) project
originally released on 2012-03-31. The OSX project has been
deprecated. All future development and support will take place with
this project instead.
- This project uses the *macOS* name in order to better match the
updated branding and terminology used by Apple.
