Absolutely. My actual webserver (westfieldnetwork.com; putthisinyourmouth.com {don't ask}  ) uses mt, and is an indigo iMac in my mother's bedroom running OS X 10.1.3. Since OS X is Unix, it runs beautifully.



Directly, no, BUT.... I would do this. Set it up as best you can on OS X according to the MT-Install directions. When you hit a point you're not sure of, be it the first step or the 700th, feel absolutely free to mail me at johnkfisher@mac.com and I'll be happy to answer it. Pretty much anything involved in the OS X side I should be able to answer, and if it's more an mt question that I can't help you with, I've found this support forum VERY helpful indeed.



Nope. I don't know the first thing about perl, and I haven't needed to. Since I'm just home recovering from surgery doing nothing, I look forward to hearing from you to help walk you through this. Just, like I said, look over the directions first so you have the basic idea of what you're doing so that I can just fill in the tips and filepath differences and whatever apache stuff you need.

I just started research into Weblogging and before I get too far into it, I want to test it locally.

I am running Mac OS X which has UNIX and PERL available (I know nothing about PERL yet). I would like to be able to test the concepts locally without all the hassle of using a server, uploads, remote configuration, etc.

Well, anyway, can this be done?  

Has anyone here done this?

If it is possible, can anyone point me to a resource which explain it?

Also, do I need to learn more about PERL just to use Movable Type, if so, any recomendations about good books or other resources?

Thanks,

AndyD

It's nice to see people as helpful as John (above). One thing I would add is that it's ironically easier to install on a remote server.

I wanted to do exactly what you do, install locally just to get a feel for it before uploading and installing it remotely. The one thing about hosts is that they're configured to host. They're pretty set up for a public, multi-user environment. I found installing it on my G4 Powerbook with OS X v10.1.3 sort of nightmarish but educational (in fact it still doesn't work right!--hence John would be more helpful in that regard). A lot depends on monkeying around with the Apache configuration file (httpd.conf). And it's a rather intimidating document.

I've no doubt that an Apache guru could do this in their sleep, but I'll vouch for trusting that MT is a truly elegant piece of work and go ahead and install it on your remote host. On the other had, using the CLI in OS X and mucking around in Apache  makes you realize what an amazing thing Apple did in adapting BSD Unix. I know gearheads who are peeing their pants with the possibilities.

Have fun.