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Instructions for setting up an OS X El Capitan machine from scratch

Before you start

1. Google chrome
2. Alfred 3
3. CyberDuck and MountainDuck (ftp client)
4. Docker Desktop for Mac
5. All OS updates from App store (Restart if needed)

Macports

1. Install XCode from App store
2. Install command line tools from within XCode
   • sudo xcode-select --install (This will install command line tools)
3. sudo xcodebuild -license
   • Agree to the terms of license
4. Install macports
   • sudo port selfupdate
5. Restart terminal

Manual installation of ports

You will have to manually run series of "port install" commands. For detailed instructions see here

Other programs

BBEdit

• Install BBEdit itself
• bbdiff appears to be better than other diff tools that are available

Google Earth Pro

• Google Earth Pro is now free
• Sign in with your email and password: GEPFREE

Environment modules

• We recommend using "modules" to manage your environment variables
• Please don't set paths / pythonpaths in your .bashrc/ .bash_profile/ .profile for all the different software that you use. This is a guaranteed recipe for conflicts and disaster.
• Follow instructions here

You are ready to install ISCE

• We will use "modules" to localize changes to the environment needed to a single module file
• Follow instructions here

QGIS3 setup for use within Python scripts

• If you use QGIS to compose maps, follow instructions here

SICD setup for use with Python

• If you work with SAR data distributed in SICD formats, and want to be able to use it in combination with ISCE, follow instructions here