I use HomeBrew as my OSX package manager.
I'm using Varying Vagrant Vagrants (VVV) from 10up as a MAMP replacement.
I use Variable VVV (vv) as a wizard to spin up new sites in VVV.
It is worth noting that VVV uses NGINX, not Apache. Not a deal breaker for me, but could be for others.
Install HomeBrew (assuming this is Mac OS X)
ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
Download and install Vagrant from http://www.vagrantup.com/downloads.
After you have installed vagrant, you will need to install some necessary Vagrant plugins.
Open a Terminal and install the following Vagrant plugins.
The vagrant-hostsupdater plugin manages the /etc/hosts file on the Host system.
vagrant plugin install vagrant-hostsupdater
The vagrant-triggers plugin allows the definition of arbitrary scripts that will run on the host or guest before and/or after Vagrant commands.
vagrant plugin install vagrant-triggers
The vagrant-bindfs plugin automates bindfs mounts in the VM. This allow you to change owner, group and permissions on files and work around NFS share permissions issues.
vagrant plugin install vagrant-bindfs
Install the Varying Vagrant Vagrants (VVV) box.
cd ~
git clone git://github.com/Varying-Vagrant-Vagrants/VVV.git vagrant-local
Run VVV For First Time, go get some coffee while it provisions...
cd ~/vagrant-local
vagrant up
Install Variable VVV (vv) Wizard script.
brew install bradp/vv/vv
Create a site with vv.
vv create --name example --domain example.dev --debug --username ExampleAdmin --email richaber@gmail.com --prefix wp_
Links to sites/docs for reference
https://www.vagrantup.com/docs/
https://github.com/Varying-Vagrant-Vagrants/VVV/blob/develop/README.md