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			First off, download the MacOS X Server Update 1.0-1 to /tmp. The update fixes up the installation by updating some files, as well as NetBooting and QuickTime Streaming Server software. (If you are adventurous, you can also download the 1.0-2 patch, which is much bigger and has reportedly created a number of new bugs in its wake. We are not condoning downloading the new patch until we learn more…) In Terminal: cd /tmp gnutar MacOSXServer1.0-1.pkg.tar In Workspace Manager: Switch to /tmp, and double click on the Package. It will load the installer. Click Install. You're done. Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!

 

			Now onto MySQL 3.22.25. Note: We have to install this before PHP. You'll see why in a couple of minutes… Download the MySQL binary to /tmp. Download the precompiled version of Anjo Krank's great Pthread --> Cthread wrapper package to /tmp. In Terminal: cd /tmp gnutar xpzf MySQL-MXS.tar.gz gnutar xpzf MySQL-pthread.tar.gz mkdir /usr/local/mysql mv /tmp/libpthread.dylib /usr/lib/libpthread.dylib mv /tmp/libpthread.A.dylib /usr/lib/libpthread.A.dylib In Workspace Manager: Open a "viewer" and switch it to /tmp Open another "viewer" and switch it to /usr/local/mysql Select the folders bin, include, info, lib, libexec, share, and var in the "/tmp" viewer, and drag the "7 items" icon to /usr/local/mysql For more information on putting the final touches on your MySQL installation, check out out dedicated MySQL on MacOS X Server page.

 

			PHP 4.0b2 comes next. If you want MySQL connectivity, you have to install MySQL first so that the libraries are available when you compile PHP. In Terminal: mkdir /usr/local/src Download the PHP 4.0b2 (Zend) source code to /usr/local/src. This way, if you would want to recompile PHP with different options at another time, it's there. Trust me. In Terminal: cd /usr/local/src gnutar xpzf php-4.0b2.tar.gz cd php-4.0b2 ./configure --with-apxs=/usr/sbin/apxs --enable-track-vars --enable-magic-quotes --with-config-path=/usr/local/lib --disable-url-fopen-wrapper --with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql --disable-debug --without-gd --quiet make (Note: If you actually have GD installed on your system, you can omit the --without-gd tag. If you don't know GD from P.D. or REM, don't worry about this…) The --quiet tag will silence the…well, crap that configure usually spits out. You won't need to check any of the results anyway unless there are problems. If you do, however, run into problems, run the command above but omit "--quiet" tag to find out where configure tripped up at. But this won't happen, right? Right! You may run into an instance where dlist.c returns an error that it cannot find the library malloc.h. I don't know why this happens, but it does. To fix it, do "pico functions/dlist.c", and scroll down to the header declarations and replace  #include <malloc.h> with #include "/System/Library/Frameworks/System.framework/Versions/B/Headers/bsd/sys/malloc.h" If make stops, try typing make once or twice. If you are stuck on an error, however, you have probably encountered a rare and weird problem. The solution to such problems always start with flogging yourself with a fish. After that, you can ask us for help. In Terminal: make install pico /Local/Library/WebServer/Configuration/apache.conf Type Control-W, and search for "DirectoryIndex" - this will bring you to the first change you will have to make. Change the line to include .php .php4 .phtml .php3 and/or any other PHP suffixes you might want to use. Then type Control-W and search for "AddType application/x-httpd-php" This will bring you to a commented out line. DON'T USE THE COMMENTED OUT LINE. Instead, type by hand AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .phtml AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps The first line makes Apache use the PHP module for any files which end with .php or .phtml. Again, add whatever else suffixes you might want to use with PHP. The second line is to display pretty PHP syntax for all files which end in .phps. You'll learn more about this when you play around more with PHP. After all that work, type Control-X, "yes", and hit return. This will save the file and exit Pico. In Terminal: apachectl graceful If you've followed these instructions to the letter, you should see a message which says the server restarted. Yeah!

 

			And now Python 1.5.2. Easy easy easy. Download the Python source code to /usr/local/src (or /tmp if you don't care to store the source code). In Terminal: cd *directory you chose* gnutar xpzf Python-1.5.2.tar.gz cd Python-1.5.2 ./configure --with-host=powerpc-apple-netbsd &endash;silent The with-host (*#$ is because the installer doesn't understand Rhapsody, or it's needs…and it has needs, people. So, instead it just uses the template for a PowerPC chip and NetBSD. If you are thinking that this sounds questionable, don't. This is quick and dirty! In Terminal: make make install ln -s /usr/local/lib/Python1.5 /usr/bin/python The final line allows you to call python from the command line.

 

			And finally, to paraphrase the as-yet-unreleased movie "Outside Providence", this installation isn't over until we get your cookies...your fortune cookies anyway. :) This package comes to you straight from Chris Saladhna who retooled a stock *BSD fortune installation to work with MacOS X Server. You can download the source from the Peanuts archive. Download the source into /tmp In Terminal: cd /tmp gnutar xpzf fortune.1.0.P.bsd.tar.gz cd fortune make mkdir /usr/local/games/fortunes/ mv datfiles/* /usr/local/games/fortunes mv fortune /usr/local/bin mv strfile /usr/local/bin mv unstr /usr/local/bin If your really want to, you can copy the man files to their proper locations as well. Remember, though, that man is located at /usr/share/man/ and not /usr/local/man.

 

			Well, that's all folks. Isn't this great? You have a server with a SQL server, a server-side scripting language, a great OO language, and the chance to laugh once in a while. Yeah!!!!!! If you should have any suggestions for additional installs which you feel should be part of a Quick and Dirty, let me know!

 

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