Installing on Mac OS X - axavio/diaspora GitHub Wiki

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These instructions are for Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard).

Package Management

Install Homebrew and then come back here.

Build Tools

To install build tools, you need to download and install Xcode. It's a large download; it also comes on your OS X DVD.

MySQL

To install MySQL, run the following:

    brew install mysql

Set it up to run as your user:

unset TMPDIR
sudo mysql_install_db --verbose --user=`whoami` --basedir="$(brew --prefix mysql)" --datadir=/usr/local/var/mysql --tmpdir=/tmp

Add it to launchctl so it will start automatically:

mkdir -p ~/Library/LaunchAgents
cp /usr/local/Cellar/mysql/5.5.14/com.mysql.mysqld.plist ~/Library/LaunchAgents/
launchctl load -w ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.mysql.mysqld.plist

Now mysql is running, and you have a user named root with no password.

ImageMagick

To install ImageMagick, run the following:

    brew install imagemagick

Git

To install Git, run the following:

    brew install git

Redis

To install Redis, run the following:

    brew install redis

RubyGems

RubyGems comes preinstalled. However, you might need to update it for use with the latest Bundler. To update RubyGems, run

    sudo gem update --system

Bundler

To install Bundler, run the following:

    sudo gem install bundler 

Congrats! You have all your dependencies installed. Go back to Installing and Running Diaspora.