Local Installation possible?

[liv]

Hi,

is it possible to run berta locally on Mac OS X? It comes with an Apache server, but so far I had no luck in activating the Php GD library which seems to be crucial to berta.

Any insights? I would love to test out my berta site locally on my system.

Regards,
liv

[berta]

hey liv!

i must say that's a very weird php installation without the GD library. gd usually is precompiled. are u using any bundled server solution?

for osx i'm personally using MAMP (http://www.mamp.info). the free version supports only one website, but it nevertheless has everything inside you might need.

[liv]

Hey,

hah, weird, that's what I thought!
Mac OS X Leopard (10.5) has an Apache server & PHP preinstalled. It can be activated via Web sharing in the system preferences (found this out when I tested the stacey CMS which apparently doesn't need the GD library).

I guess the Apple people had a weird day when they implemented this because they didn't include the GD library...

I'll just use MAMP then.

Thanks!
liv

[berta]

in fact, i've never heard of preinstalled apache and php with leopard. where did you get this?

[liv]

From the stacey cms website:
http://www.staceyapp.com/tutorials/running-on-osx/

[berta]

thanx! a bit of a hassle though... MAMP is way easier ; )

[jasmu]

i just installed mamp, but can't get it working
i downloaded my berta installation from my server via coda, the htaccess file included, put it in the ~/sites/jasmu.com, changed the default apache dir to ~/sites/ and tried accessing the site at http://localhost:8888/jasmu.com/ all it gives is a 500 internal server error

could you guys gimme a hint what i did wrong?

[berta]

did you rename your htaccess to .htaccess? if you did, rename it back and try to run the site without it. if you install berta in a subfolder you have to modify the contents of .htaccess according to the instructions found inside that file.

[jasmu]

i actually set the apache dir to the berta folder, so it is the root dir, just like on the web server, didn't work.
re-naming/disabling the htaccess rules didn't work either, it just shows a blank page.
so frustrating, but i don't think i missed something...