Configuring your computer and environment

Note: There are number of steps here. There is a specific set of instructions for Windows users that need to be followed.

Download the 3 initial tools

• Download and install Virtualbox

  • https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

• Download and install Vagrant

  • http://www.vagrantup.com/downloads

• Download and install RubyMine

  • https://www.jetbrains.com/ruby/
  • You can get a free student license by applying here https://www.jetbrains.com/student/

Pre-download the vagrant box

vagrant box add --force --clean "dwa012/4990_SU15" http://www.cs.uno.edu/~daniel/boxes/4990_su15.json

All set, if you are on OSX

Windows users continue to the next section

Windows Specific Steps

• Install Cygwin

  • Use the following as a general guide
    • http://www.cs.uno.edu/~jfinigan/Installing_Cygwin.pdf
  • On step 7, you need to install an additional tool curl
    • curl will also be under the Net category
  • On step 8, I suggest you install Vim instead of Emacs.

• Once Cygwin is installed you will have a the Cygwin Terminal application on your Desktop

  • You will be using the app for all shell/terminal commands for the class

Configure the Cygwin environment

• Open the Cygwin Terminal app

• Setup the home in the shell to be your Windows home

echo "db_home: windows" >> /etc/nsswitch.conf

• Close the Cygwin Terminal app

• Open RubyMine so we can change the terminal widget to use Cygwin

• Open Settings

  File->Settings
  

• Search for terminal

• Select the 3 dots button, in step 2 of the following image

• Navigate and select the Cygwin.bat file, as in the following image