MacOS Development Environment

Install Homebrew

1. Open a terminal and run the commands below:

   • Install Homebrew

     
     NONINTERACTIVE=1 /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
     
     echo 'eval "$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)"' >> ~/.zprofile
     
     eval "$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)"
     

   • Verify installation

     
     brew --version
     
     

Install Visual Studio Code (VSCode)

1. Open a terminal and run the commands below:

   • Install Visual Studio Code

     
     brew install wget
     
     brew install --cask visual-studio-code
     

   • Verify installation

     
     code --version
     
     

   • Install VSCode Extensions

     code --install-extension ms-vscode.cpptools-extension-pack --force
     code --install-extension vadimcn.vscode-lldb --force
     code --install-extension ms-vscode.makefile-tools --force
     code --install-extension nvidia.nsight-vscode-edition --force
     code --install-extension ms-dotnettools.csdevkit --force
     code --install-extension dotnettools.vscodeintellicode-csharp --force
     code --install-extension ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh --force
     code --install-extension ms-toolsai.jupyter --force
     code --install-extension ms-python.python --force

Install Nvidia Driver and CUDA Toolkit

1. CUDA is not supported on MacOS

Install OpenCL SDK

1. OpenCL is preinstalled on MacOS

Install Xcode Command Line Tools

1. Open a terminal and run the commands below:

   • Install Xcode Command Line Tools (also installs Clang and lldb)

     
     xcode-select --install
     
     

   • Verify installation

     
     xcodebuild -version
     clang --version
     lldb --version
     
     

Install GCC, GDB, and CMake

1. Open a terminal and run the commands below:

   • Install GCC, GDB, and CMake (you also need to code-sign GCC)

     
     brew install gcc, gdb, cmake
     
     

   • Verify installation

     
     gcc --version
     gdb --version
     cmake --version
     
     

Install .NET SDK

1. Open a terminal and run the commands below:

   • Install .NET SDK

     
     brew install --cask dotnet-sdk
     
     echo 'export DOTNET_ROOT=/usr/local/share/dotnet' >> ~/.zprofile
     
     echo 'export PATH=$PATH:$DOTNET_ROOT' >> ~/.zprofile
     
     source ~/.zprofile
     
     

   • Verify installation

     
     dotnet --version
     
     

Install Miniconda

1. Open a terminal and run the commands below:

   • Download Miniconda Package for Apple Intel

     
     curl -O https://repo.anaconda.com/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-MacOSX-x86_64.sh
     
     
     

   • Download Miniconda Package for Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3)

     
     curl -O https://repo.anaconda.com/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-MacOSX-arm64.sh
     
     
     

   • Install Miniconda

     
     bash Miniconda3-latest-MacOSX-*.sh -b -p $HOME/miniconda3
     
     $HOME/miniconda3/bin/conda init zsh
     
     $HOME/miniconda3/bin/conda config --set auto_activate_base false
     
     source ~/.zshrc
     
     

   • Verify installation

     
     $HOME/miniconda3/bin/conda --version
     
     

Install Git

1. Open a terminal and run the commands below:

   • Install Git

     
     brew install git
     
     

   • Verify installation

     
     git --version