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# macOS System Dependencies
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You will need to install these tools on your machine:
- Node.js v8.11.4
- Python 2.7
- Xcode and Xcode Command Line Tools (Xcode -> Preferences -> Downloads)
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## Node.js
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There are two approaches to installing Node.js, **manual** and **managed** . We recommend the managed route, but the simple method will work fine if you don't have node installed on your machine and just want to get running!
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### Managed
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A few Node.js version managers you can use:
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- [nvm ](https://github.com/creationix/nvm )
- [n ](https://github.com/tj/n )
- [asdf-nodejs ](https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf-nodejs )
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### Manual
- Install manually from https://nodejs.org/en/download/
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- You're good to go!
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## Python
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macOS comes with Python pre-installed, and it happens to be the right version, so you're probably fine! But if you use other versions of Python, here's how to get started.
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### Managed
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It seems the only game in town is [pyenv ](https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv ).
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### Manual
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- Install manually from https://www.python.org/downloads/
- You're good to go!
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## Xcode Command Line Tools
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- Just run `xcode-select --install`
