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Setting up a Local development Environment on OSX Mavericks
# Setting up a Local development Environment on OSX Mavericks
As seen [here](http://mallinson.ca/post/osx-web-development/)
1. Download Xcode (or run `xcode-select --install` and choose install)
2. Install Command Line Tools
3. Download and install MySQL
4. Set MySQL to launch on startup
5. Show hidden files on OSX by using `defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles YES`
5. Edit the Hosts file located at `/private/etc/hosts`
6. Set up local web root (I use `/Sites/`)
7. Restart apache by running `sudo apachectl restart`
8. Tell Apache to handle PHP by uncommenting the line here `/private/etc/apache2/httpd.conf`
9. This line: `#LoadModule php5_module libexec/apache2/libphp5.so`
10. And this one: `#Include /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf`
11. edit the `httpd-vhosts.conf` file in the `/private/etc/apache2/extra/` directory
12. comment out the example virtual-hosts
12. Restart apache by running `sudo apachectl restart`
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