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Setup CartoDB dev environment on Mac OS X

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“CartoDB is a geospatial database on the cloud that allows for the storage and visualization of data on the web. Using CartoDB will allow you to quickly create map based visualizations.” (cartodb.com) This document walks you step by step to have a development CartoDB running on your Mac OS X Step 1 – Prerequisites First of all, install Ruby if you haven’t (recommend using RVM or rbenv) Install homebrew if you haven’t ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/mxcl/homebrew/go/install)" Or, update homebrew if you already have it brew update Step 2 – CartoDB…