joomla 1.5 local test environment |
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In the scenario where you are at home or in your office and want to local set up a Joomla! website, then you can use any of the following operating systems:windows,linux,Mac OS X
Windows Operating System
For a Windows operating system you can use either of two web servers:
Windows XP Professional comes with a web server, the Internet Information Server. You still have to install PHP and a database, and then you're ready.
You use a preconfigured package (XAMPP), unpack it on your computer, and everything you need is there.
Linux Operating System
Here it depends on which distribution you have used. All of the distributions allow simple installation (with a click of the mouse) of the Apache, PHP, and MySQL packages. At times, depending on distribution, they may already be preinstalled. So you can:
Use the programs contained in the distribution
Use a preconfigured package (XAMPP), extract it on your computer, and everything you need is there
Mac OS X Operating System
In Mac OS X operating system, you have a default web server (Apache) in your system that you have to activate, but unfortunately no PHP. There is no official version of PHP for Mac OS X, but there is a PHP Apache module that you can install (http://www.entropy.ch/software/macosx/welcome.html). There are also executable versions of MySQL for Mac OS X, which can be installed after the relevant download (http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/5.0.html).
So you can:
Use the installed Apache web server and install the missing software.
Use a beta version of the preconfigured XAMPP package for Mac OS X. Extract it on your computer and everything you need is there. |
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