Can it Run On A Mac?

[Snicklefritz]

I'm having trouble just getting the zencart software installed. It says the following:
If you are running on a your own computer, this will be

http://localhost/{zen-cart-directory}/zc_install/

or if on a live server:

http://{www.mydomain.com}/zc_install/


I installed MAMP (or whatever it is called) and unzipped the zencart stuff.

What exactly do I type for "localhost" if I'm on my computer. If I type http://whatever...
it says "site not found" so presumably it;'s trying to find something on the web rather than locally (ie my laptop). How do I get it to install locally?

[DrByte]

It says the following:
If you are running on a your own computer, this will be

http://localhost/{zen-cart-directory}/zc_install/

...

What exactly do I type for "localhost" if I'm on my computer?

You type exactly what it says.

"localhost" *is* the name of your standalone computer.

[Snicklefritz]

You type exactly what it says.

"localhost" *is* the name of your standalone computer.

Ok. It ended up working when I typed in the IP address.

When I did that I was able to run the Zen Cart install script. The welcome screen shows up, then after that the license screen. I read through it then click on the "accept" button and get the following message:

"Deprecated: Function set_magic_quotes_runtime() is deprecated in /Users/snicklefritz/Sites/Site/zencartdir/zc_install/includes/application_top.php on line 22"

The window won't go on to any of the other items like setup database and stuff like that.

How can I fix this error?

[DrByte]

That looks like a message I would expect if you were trying to run Zen Cart v1.3.8a or older on PHP 5.3.0 or newer.
But ... I thought the latest MAMP version (v1.7.2) only used PHP 5.2.6 ... which is compatible with Zen Cart v1.3.8a, and should *not* give you that particular error message.

Are you sure you didn't install XAMP instead of MAMP?

[TYancy]

>>The easiest way to get it running on your local Mac computer is to install MAMP and then add Zen Cart.

How do I install MAMP? Is this an Xcode item? If so, is it possible to run the installer off the OS disk without harming my currently installed OS?

Thanks, folks!

[DrByte]

How do I install MAMP?

http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=96011

Is this an Xcode item?

No, it's an application suite.