Install MAMP Development stack on Mountain Lion using MacPorts.md

Install MAMP Development stack on Mountain Lion using MacPorts

NOTE: I like to prepend some of the commands with time just for curiosity’s sake to see how long it takes.

Turn off the built-in Apache

Go to System Preferences -> Sharing -> uncheck the Personal Web sharing. You will never turn Apache on/off here again.

Install Xcode via Mac App Store

macappstore://itunes.apple.com/app/xcode/id497799835?mt=12

Install Xcode Command Line Tools

Find the latest version in the Mac Dev Center. (You must have a free Apple Developer account.)

Agree to Xcode license

Either launch Xcode via GUI or run xcodebuild -license

Install MacPorts

Use the Mac OS X Package (.pkg) Installer.

The installer will prepend your $PATH with the necessary /opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:

Make sure MacPorts knows the path for Xcode

As of Xcode 4.3 you need to make sure Xcode knows where to look.

sudo xcode-select -switch /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/

Make sure everything is up to date before installing any ports

sudo /opt/local/bin/port -v selfupdate

Install cURL and SSL

time sudo port install curl +ssl

Install PHP and APACHE

time sudo port install php54 +apache2 php54-apache2handler php54-curl php54-gd php54-exif php54-geoip php54-http php54-iconv php54-imagick php54-imap php54-mbstring php54-mcrypt php54-mysql php54-pear php54-pcntl php54-posix php54-soap php54-sockets php54-sqlite php54-xmlrpc php54-xsl php54-openssl php54-xdebug php54-zip

Add Apache to your $PATH (optional)

nano ~/.bash_profile

Add the following line

export PATH=/opt/local/apache2/bin:$PATH

Configure Apache to use PHP module

sudo /opt/local/apache2/bin/apxs -a -e -n php5 /opt/local/apache2/modules/mod_php54.so

Select newly compiled PHP binary as the default

Probably only necessary if you are upgrading from PHP 5.3 Hat Tip

sudo port select --set php php54

Install the php.ini

sudo ln -s /opt/local/etc/php54/php.ini-development /opt/local/etc/php54/php.ini

Fix the GeoIP install

If you’re using the free GeoLite database PHP will probably not find it in the default install location.

sudo ln -s /opt/local/share/GeoIP/GeoIP.dat /opt/local/share/GeoIP/GeoIPCity.dat

Install MySQL 5.5

time sudo port install mysql55 mysql55-server

Add MySQL to you $PATH (optional)

nano ~/.bash_profile

Add the following line

export PATH=/opt/local/lib/mysql55/bin:$PATH

Install your my.cnf if you have one

MacPorts’ MySQL looks for my.cnf in the standard paths as defined by MySQL

You can put this in the global spot: /etc/my.cnf or the one specific to this MySQL install /opt/local/etc/mysql55/my.cnf

The my.cnf should also set the datadir where your data files reside. I like /private/var/mysqldata (to avoid collisions with Apple’s old location of /private/var/mysql)

sudo mkdir -p /private/var/mysqldata
sudo chmod 750 /private/var/mysqldata
sudo chown _mysql /private/var/mysqldata

NOTE: You probably need to update the mysql.sock paths in your php.ini to reflect /opt/local/var/run/mysql55/mysqld.sock. There are 3 possible places you may need to set this.

If this is a fresh MySQL install and you're not re-using existing data install the default tables

sudo -u _mysql /opt/local/lib/mysql55/bin/mysql_install_db

Start up MySQL

This installs and activates a launchd item.

NOTE: Do not be confused by MacPorts' documentation referring to StartupItems. StartupItems is their term for special scripts that create launchd items I have no ide why they would choose terminology that makes you think it is a 10.4 (pre-launchd) StartupItem (which are deprecated).

sudo port load mysql55-server

To stop MySQL use

sudo port unload mysql55-server

Run MySQL's built-in script for hardening the security of your install

sudo /opt/local/lib/mysql55/bin/mysql_secure_installation

If you don’t set a root password when it asks you to just ring your call button, and Tommy will come back there and hit you over the head with a tack hammer because you are a retard

If this is not a new install, upgrade your existing tables

sudo /opt/local/lib/mysql55/bin/mysql_upgrade -uroot -p

Install Git

time sudo port install git-core

Install some deployment tools

time sudo port install ruby rb-rubygems
time sudo gem install capistrano capistrano-ext rack
time sudo gem install capistrano-mailgun

Start Apache

sudo port load apache2

my.cnf

[mysqld]
# Set the datadir
datadir=/var/mysqldata

# Set minimum index length to 2 characters
ft_min_word_len=2

# Set utf8 as the default character set
character-set-server=utf8

[client]
# Set utf8 as the default character set
default-character-set=utf8

[mysqldump]
default-character-set=utf8