Install Slash on Mac OS X

bcapps2012 writes "I just saw this on Slashcode.com and thought it would be of interest to many apple.slashdot.org readers. Pudge has gotten Slashcode installed on Mac OS X. As jwachter notes: 'For those of you who haven't been following the issue of how to get slash running on OS X, various Slashcode posters have been asking how to get it done for roughly 2 or 3 years now (essentially since the first preview of OS X was released).' Finally Mac OS X has joined the family."

Comments

Re:Why didn't someone just ask MacSlash?

[HebrewToYou]

Sometimes it's just rewarding to get things done by yourself. I remember when I was being taught some basic data structures in JAVA -- the professor told us that we can't use the util class because Sun had included these data structures. I didn't understand why we were being told to write code that already works perfectly well until I actually had to do it and fix all the annoying little bugs. I guess I'm trying to say that there are lessons in the process that are worth learning on your own.

Re:My Slash on OS X Installation Notes

[trompete]

I'm not a Mac addict, but I could easily see myself becoming one. My primary machine is an Athlon 1700 w/512 MB of RAM and a sweet graphics card, your typical gaming machine. However, I do a lot of *nix-centric stuff, such as running PHP, Apache, MySQL, and Samba. These tools will all run on Windows, but nothing beats having a console at your fingertips. I know that windows XP has cmd.exe and cygwin, but they just aren't the same.
OS X has a nice console (terminal), all of my favorite standard unix tools (GCC, ssh, ftp, sftp, grep, etc..), and a GUI that doesn't make me angry. I will never be able to replace my gaming machine with a Mac or a *nix box, but I've seriously considered buying an OS X machine for my *nix activities. Apple really hit a grand slam with OS X, and I hope that we will see some web servers running OS X in the future.

- Loyal PC User

Re:One question...

[47Ronin]

It's not the architecture... The problem is that the directions for SlashCode are so complex that it turns off most people. It's 10 times easier to install GeekLog or MovableType on OSX because the instructions for the install are super-straightforward.