Without sounding needy, I found a few sites for MacPorts, but they're all ..am or .c files. I have no clue how to go about using those. I did install XCode from my Tiger CD (on the recommendation from a friend), so I guess I can compile those files if need be.
Also, am I correct in understanding that MacPorts is like MAMP in that it gives you all of the needed software all in one package? andy -----Original Message----- From: Andy Matthews [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 12:34 PM To: '[email protected]' Subject: RE: Setting up MacMini as full featured local webserver - with ColdFusion Thanks for the update. MacPort sounds like a good idea. I'm all for easy as I don't know the MacOS at all right now. My production environment is a Windows box so it's more to get all of the load off my workstation, plus to put the mini to good use. I'll look into MacPort, thanks John. andy -----Original Message----- From: John Paul Ashenfelter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 11:41 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Setting up MacMini as full featured local webserver - with ColdFusion On 10/30/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There is a special 'MAMP' version of the 'LAMP' environment for the > Mac. > Always be sure, if there is a choice, to pick the 'intel' version of a > program, when you install it. Personally, I'd suggest install MacPorts and using it to manage all these kinds of tools -- makes upgrades happen on your schedule with good rollback capabilities. >sudo port install apache2 (wait) >sudo port install php5 (wait) etc. There's plenty of good tutorials on macport if you look around. You'd still need to install CF outside of that (and if you're not a glutton for punishment, use CF8 which actually installs easily on a Mac instead of CF7 and the hassle of installing it. I use a mac mini very similarly, except that I deploy to it using Ant or Rake (ruby projects) instead of simply copying/saving files to it. Keep in mind that unless you're using Linux-friendly databases (eg MySQL) that you'll still need to have it linking back to the MSAccess/MSSQL/whatever on your laptop. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Enterprise web applications, build robust, secure scalable apps today - Try it now ColdFusion Today ColdFusion 8 beta - Build next generation apps Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:292496 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
