diff --git a/new_computer_setup/osx/brew_packages b/new_computer_setup/osx/brew_packages
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+axel
+clisp
+cmake
+cmatrix
+cowsay
+ext4fuse
+figlet
+findutils
+fortune
+gcc
+ghostscript
+git
+gnu-getopt
+gradle
+htop
+tomanthony/brews/itermocil
+jp2a
+libxmlsec1
+llvm
+lolcat
+lorem
+lynx
+minicom
+mono
+mutt
+nethack
+nmap
+node
+pkg-config
+postgresql
+python@2
+sl
+rockymadden/rockymadden/slack-cli
+vim
+w3m
+watch
+wget
diff --git a/new_computer_setup/osx/pip_packages b/new_computer_setup/osx/pip_packages
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+amqp==2.1.4
+appdirs==1.4.0
+asn1crypto==0.23.0
+gpg==1.13.1
+mock==2.0.0
+pbr==3.1.1
+nodeenv==1.3.3
+six==1.10.0
+vine==1.1.3
+virtualenv==16.7.3
diff --git a/new_computer_setup/osx/rcpathvars b/new_computer_setup/osx/rcpathvars
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+# for pyenv
+#export PATH="/Users/w0ryn/.pyenv:$PATH"
+#eval "$(pyenv init -)"
+
+#export LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/opt/openssl/lib"
+export LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/opt/llvm/lib -Wl,-rpath,/usr/local/opt/llvm/lib"
+#LDFLAGS += -L/usr/local/opt/llvm/lib -Wl,-rpath,/usr/local/opt/llvm/lib
+
+#export CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/local/opt/openssl/include"
+export CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/local/opt/llvm/include -I/usr/local/opt/llvm/include/c++/v1/"
+#CPPFLAGS += -I/usr/local/opt/llvm/include -I/usr/local/opt/llvm/include/c++/v1/
+
+export PATH="/usr/local/opt/llvm/bin:$PATH"
+export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="/usr/local/opt/openssl/lib/pkgconfig"
+export PYCURL_SSL_LIBRARY=openssl
+
+export PATH="/usr/local/opt/gnu-getopt/bin:$PATH"
diff --git a/new_computer_setup/osx/setup b/new_computer_setup/osx/setup
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+#!/bin/bash
+echo Setting up preferred utilities...
+local INSTALL_LOCATION='~/.wryn/new_computer_setup'
+
+sudo xcode-select --install;
+brew update; # install brew
+
+brew --version;
+[ $? -ne 0 ] && echo failed to install homebrew && return 1
+
+brew update; # install brew packages
+
+for package in $(cat $INSTALL_LOCATION/osx/brew_packages); do
+	brew install "$package"
+done;
+
+# mssql install
+#brew install freetds@0.91
+#brew link --force  freedts@0.91
+#brew tap microsoft/mssqul-release https://github.com/Microsoft/homebrew-m2
+#brew update
+#brew install --no-sandbox msodbcsql
+
+brew services start postgresql
+
+# use ~/.bashrc instead
+[[ ! -f ~/.bashrc ]] && touch ~/.bashrc
+echo '[[ -s ~/.bashrc ]] && source ~/.bashrc' >> ~/.bash_profile
+cat $INSTALL_LOCATION/osx/rcpathvars >> ~/.bashrc
+
+# python packages
+pip3 install -r pip_packages