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fix: check for go in setup and install via Homebrew if missing #44

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fix: check for go in setup and install via Homebrew if missing
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docs: align README with go auto-install
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4 changes: 4 additions & 0 deletions Makefile
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Expand Up @@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ setup:
echo "Error: Homebrew is required: https://brew.sh"; \
exit 1; \
fi; \
if ! command -v go >/dev/null 2>&1; then \
echo "📦 Installing go..."; \
brew install go; \
fi; \
if ! command -v rec >/dev/null 2>&1 && ! command -v ffmpeg >/dev/null 2>&1; then \
echo "📦 Installing sox..."; \
brew install sox; \
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6 changes: 3 additions & 3 deletions README.md
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Expand Up @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ Hold hotkey → Record mic → Whisper transcribes → Classify → [AI Process]

### Quick start (one command)

Requirements: **macOS**, **Homebrew**, **Go 1.24+**
Requirements: **macOS** and **Homebrew**. Everything else (`go`, `sox`, `whisper-cpp`) is installed automatically.

```bash
git clone https://github.com/mattthewong/vox.git
Expand All @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ make start

`make start` handles everything:

1. Installs missing system deps (`sox`, `whisper-cpp`) via Homebrew
1. Installs missing system deps (`go`, `sox`, `whisper-cpp`) via Homebrew
2. Downloads the default Whisper model (~150 MB) to `~/.local/share/whisper-cpp/`
3. Builds `bin/Vox.app` and ad-hoc codesigns it
4. Launches Vox detached — it manages `whisper-server` itself
Expand All @@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ The first launch triggers two macOS permission prompts (Microphone and Accessibi
### Manual setup

```bash
brew install sox whisper-cpp
brew install go sox whisper-cpp
mkdir -p ~/.local/share/whisper-cpp
curl -L -o ~/.local/share/whisper-cpp/ggml-base.en.bin \
"https://huggingface.co/ggerganov/whisper.cpp/resolve/main/ggml-base.en.bin"
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