installing wordpress on a Mac using MacPorts
Note to self: when setting up mysql on a Mac using MacPorts (formerly Darwin Ports), install mysql with the following:
That bloody little “+server” part was a royal pain in the ass, let me tell you.
% sudo port install mysql5 +server
I would think that mysql installs would be servers by default.
There should instead be a special “+client” flag to prevent server installation!
Egad. Oh, and for some reason, the
wp-config.php did not like the host name localhost.Instead, use
127.0.0.1.
December 20th, 2006 at 9:37 pm
Sheesh! It’s plain as day! :-)
January 1st, 2007 at 2:47 pm
Hey – just about to do this myself – was trying to install mephisto and apache 2– got all that up and running except for the mongrel_cluster working with apache.
Now I actually want to install wordpress instead; if I’ve got apache2, mysql5 installed fine, what else do I have to do wtih wordpress?
January 5th, 2007 at 5:49 am
It might be plain as a day, but I still think that there is bug in wordpress port, since it doesn’t install it as a server …
January 25th, 2007 at 9:30 am
I am pretty sure Iain was being sarcastic, and was agreeing with me that it was a pain. Thus the smiley at the end :-)
January 25th, 2007 at 9:33 am
Oh, and the bug is not with WordPress (which isn’t in MacPorts), it’s with MySQL (which I am using as my WordPress database).
September 22nd, 2009 at 12:25 pm
thanks i was just trying to installing wordpress. its very helpful.
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