Verify and Troubleshoot your macOS Environment Setup

Action Item

Open your "Terminal" application using "Spotlight Search"
Run the following command:

$ curl -so- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/learn-co-curriculum/flatiron-manual-setup-validator/master/mac-os-phase-0-validation-script.sh | zsh 2> /dev/null

Check Your Work

If all checks pass, you have completed your environment setup and are ready to move on!

If something does not pass, that is okay. Revisit the installation instructions for the item that did not pass. If you are able to run the commands listed in the Check Your Work section for that item, this may just be an issue with the validator.

Troubleshooting

Fixing NVM and RVM Dotfile Issues for MacOS

If you are having trouble getting RVM, Ruby, NVM, or Node to work, you may have an issue with your .zshrc file. To fix, we need to run two commands.

The first command makes a backup of your current .zshrc file:

$ mv ~/.zshrc{,.bak}

The second command replaces the contents of your .zshrc file with a default dot file:

$ curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/flatiron-school/dotfiles/master/.zshrc > ~/.zshrc

Close and reopen your terminal. With a new .zshrc file, we can now test out each tool.

Verify RVM is Installed

To confirm that RVM is working, run:

$ rvm

If you see a long message ending in "For additional documentation please visit https://rvm.io", RVM is installed.

If the command rvm is not recognized, do the following in your terminal:

Type brew install gmp and press <Enter>

Type brew install gnupg and press <Enter>

Type curl -sSL https://rvm.io/mpapis.asc | gpg --import - and press <Enter>

Type curl -sSL https://rvm.io/pkuczynski.asc | gpg --import - and press <Enter>

Type \curl -sSL https://get.rvm.io | bash and press <Enter>

Close the "Terminal" application

Reopen the "Terminal" application

Verify Ruby is Installed

To confirm Ruby is installed, run:

$ rvm list

If you see =* ruby-2.7.4, Ruby is installed and 2.7.4 set as the default version and you are all set for Ruby.

If you do not see ruby-2.7.4 at all, install it with the following command:
$ rvm install ruby-2.7.4
If ruby-2.7.4 is listed, but is not preceded by =*, make it the default version by running:
$ rvm use 2.7.4 --default

Verify NVM is installed

To confirm NVM is installed, run:

$ nvm

If you see a message ending with "Note: to remove, delete, or uninstall nvm…", NVM is installed.

If the nvm command is not recognized or you see an error complete:13: command not found: compdef, run the following command:
$ curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.38.0/install.sh | bash

Verify Node is Installed

To confirm Node is installed, run:

$ nvm list

If you see a message starting with "-> v14.13.0" (or any number higher than this), a version of Node is installed that will work for this course.

If you don't see this number, install the newest version of Node:
$ nvm install node

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