MacPorts is an installer/package manager (like rpm on linux or like, well, port on bsd).
You install it from the main site -- it's just a normal mac app http://www.macports.org/ You *will* need XCode from Apple. Then you run the port command as administrator from the terminal >sudo port Then you find the things you're interested in installing [Users/you]>search apache Assuming you want to install the apache 2.2 distro [Users/you]>install apache2 (wait for all the compilation to happen behind the scenes) Now you've got apache2 installed from source. Want PHP? [Users/you]>search php5 [Users/you]>install php5 [Users/you]>install php5-xdebug etc You get natively compiled versions of whatever you're after. It's really deep, so you can dig through the commands if you want to pick different versions, add different options, etc. I find [Users/you]>help is pretty useful Then when you php 5.2.5 comes out, you simply need to [Users/you]>upgrade php5 and it all happens magically Something bad about php 5.2.5 and want to revert to 5.2.4? [Users/you]>deactive php5 5.2.5 [Users/you]>activate php5 5.2.4 etc. On 11/1/07, Andy Matthews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Download the latest ColdFusion 8 utilities including Report Builder, plug-ins for Eclipse and Dreamweaver updates. http;//www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=labs%5adobecf8%5Fbeta Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:292509 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
