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Hosting your own blog using apache, mysql, php and wordpress

Here are some instructions on how to build and install open source software that can be used to host your own website. I created these documents, scripts and how to's in the process of building this site. I used an apple mac computer running os x 10.4.9 with a fixed ip address from my ISP and open source software found on the web. The only real difficulty ...

How to build & install PHP 5.2.2 on Mac OS X 10.4.9 intel

Working as of 2007/05/23 … if you are reading this & this date is very old then these instructions may not work as they do now. To build PHP is pretty strait forward but like installing Subversion there is a dependency on a library called PEAR. Also PHP has a module that runs inside of apache and in this instance linked to MySQL. You can find instructions ...

How to install MySQL 5.0.41 on Mac OS X 10.4.9 intel

Working as of 2007/05/22 ... if you are reading this & this date is very old then these instructions may not work as they do now. Installing MySQL is quite simple these days. There is a prebuilt DMG installer package at MySQl.com. It installs to /usr/local/mysql (sym link) so this fits right in with the other packages we have compiled and installed. There is also a ...

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