osx-manual-setup.md

Manual setup on MacOS (12.5.1)

Homebrew

To add all required missing package, make sure Homebrew is installed in your machine.

Languages and runtime versions management

In order to manage the required languages and runtime: Ruby, Python and Node.js, we recommend using asdf. Install it with brew:

brew install asdf

Don't forget to add to your ~/.zshrc:

echo -e "\n. $(brew --prefix asdf)/libexec/asdf.sh" >> ${ZDOTDIR:-~}/.zshrc

Then link the provided .tool-versions.sample file to make sure the supported versions are used. Otherwise the app could throw unexpected errors.

ln -s .tool-versions.sample .tool-versions

Ruby and Node.js

The project supports ruby 2.7.x and Node.js 16. To install them with asdf run:

asdf plugin add ruby
asdf plugin add nodejs

asdf install

Python (only macs with M1)

The project requires Python 2.7.18. However, it is not included anymore in Apple macs with Silicon. To install it with asdf run:

asdf plugin add python

asdf install

Xcode and Command Line Tools

Install Xcode from the App Store. Then run the following command from your terminal to install Command Line Tools:

xcode-select -—install

• In Macs with M1, recent versions of xcode are incompatible with older versions of ruby. You need to install Command Line Tools for Xcode 13.4. The installation file can be found at https://developer.apple.com/download/all/?q=command%20line%20tools%2013.4. It may be required to reboot your machine after installing it.

Dependencies

brew install chromedriver gs pkg-config openssl geckodriver sphinx gd mysql@8.0 postgresql@13

• Macs with M1 also require the following:

  brew install pixman cairo pango
  

• Additionally you need to install the LiberationSans font. You can install in ~/Library/Fonts or globally in /Library/Fonts.

Databases

The application requires a database that can either be PostgreSQL, MySQL or Oracle database. MySQL will be used by default.

MySQL

We recommend running it in a Podman container:

podman run -d -p 3306:3306 -e MYSQL_ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD=true --name mysql57 mysql:8.0

• Macs with M1 require the flag --platform linux/x86_64:

  podman run -d -p 3306:3306 -e MYSQL_ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD=true --name mysql57 --platform linux/x86_64 mysql:8.0
  

Alternatively it can be run by Homebrew:

brew services start mysql@8.0

PostgreSQL

We recommend running it in a Podman container:

export DATABASE_URL=postgresql://postgres:@localhost:5433/circleci

podman run -d -p 5433:5432 -e POSTGRES_USER=postgres -e POSTGRES_DB=circleci --name postgres10 circleci/postgres:10.5-alpine

Alternatively it can be run by Homebrew:

brew services start postgresql@13

Redis

Redis is an in-memory data store used as DB for some of the data and it has to be running for the application to work. We recommend running it in a Podman container:

podman run -d -p 6379:6379 redis:6.2-alpine

Alternatively, Redis can be run directly on your machine with Homebrew:

brew install redis
brew services start redis

Memcached

If available, Rails will use Memcached for caching. Installing it is completely optional but still recommended. We recommend running it in a Podman container:

podman run -d -p 11211:11211 memcached

Alternatively, Memcached can be run directly on your machine with Homebrew:

brew install memcached
brew services start memcached

Rails cache is enabled by default for development. However, it can be switched off by updating config/cache_store.yml:

development:
  - :null_store

Bundler

Ruby gems are managed with Bundler. Install it by running:

gem install bundler

Then add the necessary configs:

bundle config --local build.thin --with-cflags=-Wno-error="implicit-function-declaration"
bundle config --local build.mysql2 --with-opt-dir="$(brew --prefix openssl)"
bundle config --local build.local-fastimage_resize --with-opt-dir="$(brew --prefix gd)"

And finally install all gems:

bundle install

If the mysql2 gem installation fails with the error:

ld: library not found for -lssl

Try to fix it adding the following config:

bundle config --local build.mysql2 --with-ldflags="-L$(brew --prefix openssl)/lib" --with-cppflags="-I$(brew --prefix openssl)/include"

and run bundle install again.

Yarn (1.x)

JavaScript packages are managed with Yarn. Install it with NPM:

npm install --global yarn

See other ways to install it, such as with brew, at https://classic.yarnpkg.com/en/docs/install.

Then install all required packages:

yarn install

Config files

Copy all the default config files to your project's config folder:

cp config/examples/* config/