Setting Up Unix Computing Environment on macOS

macOS is a Unix-based operating system. Not setup is required.

To access the Unix command line interface, hit F4 to access LaunchPad, and type Terminal followed by Enter.

Run

xcode-select --install

to install a set of command-line tools used for software development in macOS.

Homebrew is a command-line software manager for macOS.

If you have not installed Homebrew before, paste the following into your shell to install it.

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh)"

wget is a useful tool to download files from the Internet. You can install wget using Homebrew:

$ brew install wget