[Xerte] Re: Mac localhost saga

[David Goodwin]

On 22 Nov 2011, at 20:06, Pat Lockley wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> In case you wondered where it ended up (might be worth adding this to
> the install).
> 
> MAC users using XAMPP
> 
> move to the folder /applications/XAMPP/htdocs/
> 
> extract the zip here
> 
> then go into the applications folder on your mac
> 
> run terminal
> 
> type cd ..
> 

^ Unnecessary

> you should now be able to type
> 
> cd /applications/XAMPP/htdocs/
> 
> now type
> 
> chmod -R 0777 xertetoolkits
> 
> Now continue with the install as normal
> 
> All of that to make something writable too
> 
> *mutters stuff about macs*

That's not overly different to a Linux-esque environment. Except for stuff being in /applications/XAMPP/htdocs instead of wherever.

Note, Apache may not be running on port 80 on OSX from an XAMP install.... as you may have already installed the Apple dev tools and Apple's default Apache etc etc

David.


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