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Installing PEAR on Mac OS X Leopard XAMPP
XAMPP for Mac does come with PEAR but it is NOT configured. Update PEAR sudo su - [Enter root password] cd /Applications/xampp/xamppfiles/lib/php/pear sudo php pearcmd.php channel-update pear.php.net sudo php pearcmd.php install PEAR sudo php pearcmd.php install Log sudo php pearcmd.php list add PEAR to the php.ini include_path Edit /Applications/xampp/etc/php.ini (include path is at the very end of the php.ini file) include_path = ".:/Applications/xampp/xamppfiles/lib/php:/Applications/xampp/xamppfiles/lib/php/pear" To install a package Type sudo su [Enter root password] cd /Applications/xampp/xamppfiles/lib/php/pear pear install pear/PACKAGE_NAME Thats it, good luck.
Edit your Mac HOSTS file
If you like making things a little easier on yourself while you are working on your local development server this is for you! What am I talking about you ask? hmm.... What I am talking about is editing your Mac hosts file so that you can view your local site with this http://myawsomesite rather than this http://localhost/myawsomesite Here it is.... Launch your Mac Terminal and type sudo su [RETURN] Enter Root Password [RETURN] nano /etc/hosts [RETURN] Position yourself with your keyboard arrows type 127.0.0.1 myawsomesite Hit the ctrl-x keys. Terminal will ask if you want to ...
Showing hidden Files on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
After you get apache up and running on your Mac, you will not be able to see your .htaccess and other configuration files. Here is a quick fix for that problem. Open Terminal and copy the following text- defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE killall Finder You will notice you screen will blink as finder restarts. Once it come back on all you hidden files will be visable. note: Change "TRUE" to "FALSE" to make them disappear again. Open Terminal and copy the following text- defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles FALSE killall Finder
XAMPP Debian ssh install
Installing XAMPP debian:~# wget http://kent.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/xampp/xampp-linux-1.6.5a.tar.gz (command downloads XAMPP to the server) debian:~# tar xvfz xampp-linux-1.6.5a.tar.gz -C /opt (command extracts the downloaded archive file to /opt:) Starting XAMPP debian:~# /opt/lampp/lampp start (Apache, PHP, MySQL, & ProFTPD will start) Starting XAMPP for Linux 1.6.5a... XAMPP: Starting Apache with SSL (and PHP5)... XAMPP: Starting MySQL... XAMPP: Starting ProFTPD... XAMPP for Linux started. Test XAMPP Check to see if your installation was successful. Navigate to http://yourdomain.com. You should see the XAMPP splash page. XAMPP Start Page ...
How to “Print Screen” on Mac OS X Computers
I recently switched from Windows XP and Windows Vista to Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. One of the many things I had to figure out how to do on my new Mac was the Print Screen function that I used all the time on Windows. So for those of you that don’t already know, here is the different key combination for “Print Screen” on Mac OS X Computers. Command key, Shift key, and the number 3 key - takes a screen shot and saves it to the Desktop. Command key, Shift ...
