Installing on Mac OS X

Versions

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

Package Management

We suggest using a package management system to download dependencies, where possible. Trust us, it's going to make your life a lot easier. Install Homebrew

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.

Ruby

You already have Ruby 1.8.7 on your system. Yay!

MySQL

To install MySQL, run the following:

    brew install mysql

Install the MySQL Preference Pane to control the MySQL daemon easily. Alternatively, you can run

    sudo mysqladmin start

from Terminal.

OpenSSL

You already have OpenSSL installed.

libcurl

Everything should be okay already.

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 

The following parts are common to all operating systems, so go back to Installing and Running Diaspora.