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
- Open the Terminal application on your macOS computer.
- Install Git by typing the following command and press enter:
This will prompt you to install the Xcode Command Line Tools. Follow the installation prompts to complete the installation.xcode-select --install - Install Diamond by typing the following command and press enter:
This will install the Diamond package from PyPI.sudo pip install diamond - Verify the installation by typing the following command and press enter:
This should display the help menu for Diamond, indicating that the installation was successful.diamond --help
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.