# How to edit the discourse files? A development box? **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-edit-the-discourse-files-a-development-box/81388 **Category:** Self-hosting **Created:** [February 24, 2018, 8:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-edit-the-discourse-files-a-development-box/81388 "2018-02-24T08:20:16Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 6
### Author: ![frold](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/frold/32/82547_2.png) [@frold](https://meta.discourse.org/u/frold) #### Post date: [March 1, 2018, 8:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-edit-the-discourse-files-a-development-box/81388/6 "2018-03-01T08:32:07Z")
I was now able to follow this guide: > [@Install Discourse on macOS for development](https://meta.discourse.org/t/beginners-guide-to-install-discourse-on-mac-os-x-macos-for-development/15772/1): > > warning This guide covers installation instructions for a macOS development environment, for production guides see: [Install Discourse in production with the official supported instructions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-install-discourse-in-production/142537) So you want to set up Discourse on macOS to hack on and develop with? We’ll assume that you don’t have Ruby/Rails/Postgres/Redis installed on your Mac. Let’s begin rocket ! Install Discourse Dependencies You will need the following packages on your system: [Git](http://git-scm.com/)[rbenv](https://github.com/sstephenson/rbenv) or [asdf](https://asdf-vm.com/guide/getting-started.html)[ruby-build](https://github.com/sstephenson/ruby-build)[Ruby](https://www.ruby-lang.org/) (latest s… I would like to edit and see if I was able to add some changes to: `https://github.com/discourse/onebox/blob/master/lib/onebox/engine/amazon_onebox.rb` But Im not able to find the file on my mac? ![07](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/9/f/9f0e10ebd266697942978d0cc9b42866f7888e86.png) Damn it have a steep learning curve this thing… Wish me back to the old apache days… 🤔 --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-edit-the-discourse-files-a-development-box/81388)._