How to Install Davis on macOS

Davis is a command-line interface tool that allows you to easily access and manage your digital ocean droplets. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Davis on macOS in a few simple steps.

Prerequisites

Before we begin with the installation process, you need to ensure that you have the following installed:

Installation

Now that we have ensured that the prerequisites are installed let's go ahead and install Davis.

  1. Open the Terminal app on your macOS machine.

  2. Install Golang by running the following command in the Terminal:

    brew install go

  3. Set the Golang environment variables by running the following command:

    echo 'export GOPATH=$HOME/go' >> ~/.bash_profile

    echo 'export PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH/bin' >> ~/.bash_profile

    source ~/.bash_profile

  4. Verify that Golang is installed by running the following command:

    go version

    You should see the version of Golang that you just installed.

  5. Install Davis by running the following command in the Terminal:

    go get -v github.com/tchapi/davis

  6. Once the installation process is complete, verify that Davis is installed by running the following command:

    davis --version

    You should see the version of Davis that you just installed.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Davis on your macOS machine.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we provided step-by-step guidance on how to install Davis on macOS. Davis is a powerful tool that can help you manage your digital ocean droplets with ease. With Davis, you can quickly deploy and scale your applications on DigitalOcean.

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