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Installing FogBugz to Mac OS

Ivan D Marin
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Overview:

This is to install Fogbugz on a Mac OS X 10.4.10 from

Audience:

Self-Service

Step-By-Step Guide:

  1. Install Mac OS X 10.4.10
  2. Install MySQL for (Mac OS X 10.4.10 (x86)) from: dev.mysql
  3. Change the MySQL root password using: /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqladmin -u root password mynewpassword

*Note: insert your own secure password for sql, do NOT use “mynewpassword”*

  1. Install PHP from: Entropy.ch
  2. Change the default PHP version by using:

sudo mv /usr/bin/php /usr/bin/php.old

sudo ln -s /usr/local/php5/bin/php /usr/bin/php

  1. Change the default PEAR version by using:

    sudo mv /usr/bin/pear /usr/bin/pear.old

sudo ln -s /usr/local/php5/bin/pear /usr/bin/pear

*Note: The fogbugz installation will not work unless it has access to the newly installed PEAR, be sure to do step 6 before proceeding*

  1. Install FogBugz
  2. During the Installation follow all instructions and change settings as necessary

Notes on settings to change:

  1. PHP settings by using:

sudo pico /usr/local/php5/lib/php.ini

  1. Set permissions on fogutil.so by using:

    sudo chmod 755

/usr/local/php5/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20060613/fogutil.so

  1. Add MySQL configuration settings to /etc/my.cnf by using:

cd /etc

sudo pico my.cnf

  1. Restart Apache by using:

sudo /usr/sbin/apachectl stop

sudo /usr/sbin/apachectl start