[TYPO3-english] Instructions for migrating site from webhost to VMware (Mac) Ubuntu ...

[Christoph Stadler]

yes i've used MAMP as well as installing php/mysql from scratch with the 
Entropy distribs but i really think it's preferable to have a self 
contained and portable system ...

and Imagemagick is always a problem on Mac based LAMPs and OSX Server, 
judging from the posts on the MAMP forum this is still the case, on 
Ubuntu i just installed it via the Software center

On 12/27/10 1:44 AM, Ron Hall wrote:
> Hello Christoph,
>
>> just thought i'd share this, it's probably not big news for experienced developers, but i think this is a very good development system for new t3 developpers, especially because you don't pollute your main Operating system .. i have installed php/mysql/apache many times on different Mac OS version (desktop and server) and it's always a pain, and most of the times there are many problems, especially with imageMagick, GDlib, etc
>
> Personally, I don't  go to the step of using VMWare for this though I use it for browser testing.
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> I use MAMP, MAMP Pro to be specific. Makes it very easy to setup up and manage local development installations. Other local machines can also easily access the test sites with a small edit on their hosts file.
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>
> Thanks,
> Ron Hall