brew.md

Brew setup on new macOS machine

Install brew

if test ! $(which brew); then
    echo "Installing homebrew..."
    ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
fi

Update bash

# install
brew install bash

# add to supported shells (check with which bash)
echo '/usr/local/bin/bash' | sudo tee -a /etc/shells;
# or
echo '/opt/homebrew/bin/bash' | sudo tee -a /etc/shells;

# change for current user
chsh -s /usr/local/bin/bash
# or
chsh -s /opt/homebrew/bin/bash

Install up to date GNU versions of default commands(outdated)

brew install coreutils
brew install gnu-sed 
brew install gnu-tar 
brew install gnu-which 
brew install grep   
brew install man-db

brew install bash-completion@2

# Install GNU `find`, `locate`, `updatedb`, and `xargs`, g-prefixed
brew install findutils

Append to .bashrc or .bash_profile

# for GNU coreutils
PATH="$(brew --prefix)/opt/coreutils/libexec/gnubin:$PATH"
PATH="$(brew --prefix)/opt/gnu-sed/libexec/gnubin:$PATH"
PATH="$(brew --prefix)/opt/gnu-tar/libexec/gnubin:$PATH"
PATH="$(brew --prefix)/opt/gnu-which/libexec/gnubin:$PATH"
PATH="$(brew --prefix)/opt/grep/libexec/gnubin:$PATH"
PATH="$(brew --prefix)/opt/findutils/libexec/gnubin:$PATH"
PATH="$(brew --prefix)/opt/man-db/libexec/bin:$PATH"
# for bash completion
[[ -r "/usr/local/etc/profile.d/bash_completion.sh" ]] && . "/usr/local/etc/profile.d/bash_completion.sh"

Must have utilities

brew install telnet
brew install tree
brew install clang-format
brew install htop
brew install cmake
brew install mycli
brew install mysql

Those installs may take longer to complete

brew install python3
brew install node
brew install boost

Not needed at the moment, but good for future compatibility

brew install gnu-getopt
brew install gnu-time

PATH additions:

PATH="$(brew --prefix)/opt/gnu-time/libexec/gnubin:$PATH"
PATH="$(brew --prefix)/opt/gnu-getopt/bin:$PATH"