Tutorial: How to Install Diamond on macOS

Diamond is an open source Python daemon that collects system metrics and publishes them to various sources. This tutorial will walk you through the steps to install Diamond on macOS using the GitHub repository.

Prerequisites

Before installing Diamond, you need to ensure that you have the following:

• A macOS computer with administrative privileges
• Python 3.x installed
• Pip package manager installed

Steps

1. Open the Terminal application on your macOS computer.
2. Install Git by typing the following command and press enter:

   xcode-select --install
   

   This will prompt you to install the Xcode Command Line Tools. Follow the installation prompts to complete the installation.
3. Install Diamond by typing the following command and press enter:

   sudo pip install diamond
   

   This will install the Diamond package from PyPI.
4. Verify the installation by typing the following command and press enter:

   diamond --help
   

   This should display the help menu for Diamond, indicating that the installation was successful.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you learned how to install Diamond on macOS using the GitHub repository. You should now be able to use Diamond to collect system metrics on your macOS computer.

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