Title: WordPress localhost on Mac 10.6 Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # WordPress localhost on Mac 10.6 * [bartpop](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bartpop/) * (@bartpop) * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-localhost-on-mac-106/) * I’m working on my first wordpress install on a local machine running Mac 10.6 snow leopard. So far I’ve been through every post I can find on installing WordPress on a Mac but I’ve yet to see any post with the same error message. Here are the details: * Mac OS 10.6.1 Snow Leopard PHP 5.3.0 (php.ini date.timezone set to America/Los_Angeles) MySQL 5.1.38 x86_64 bit installed and running * I installed wordpress in my web directory but when I try to browse: wordpress/ wp-admin/install.php I keep getting the following error; * “Got packets out of order” * Anyone know what this means or how to fix it? Thanks. Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 17 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-localhost-on-mac-106/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-localhost-on-mac-106/page/2/?output_format=md) * [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/) * (@samboll) * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-localhost-on-mac-106/#post-1213411) * some review [http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress_Locally_on_Your_Mac_With_MAMP](http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress_Locally_on_Your_Mac_With_MAMP) * Thread Starter [bartpop](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bartpop/) * (@bartpop) * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-localhost-on-mac-106/#post-1213418) * Looks like I’m missing a key piece of the puzzle. I’ll get MAMP installed and take it for a test drive. Thanks for the quick response. * Thread Starter [bartpop](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bartpop/) * (@bartpop) * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-localhost-on-mac-106/#post-1213451) * I just spent a little time working on this and was wondering: is MAMP necessary to set up wordpress locally on a Mac? It looks like it wants to use it’s applications/ MAMP/htdocs folder as the root folder and move my database files as well. I’d rather keep everything in their original locations. * Has anyone set up WordPress locally without using MAMP? * [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/) * (@samboll) * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-localhost-on-mac-106/#post-1213464) * can’t be done * Thread Starter [bartpop](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bartpop/) * (@bartpop) * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-localhost-on-mac-106/#post-1213492) * Actually, I just got it working without MAMP. The trick was setting the DB_HOST in the wp-config.php file to: 127.0.0.1:3306 * Using “localhost”, “localhost:3306” or “127.0.0.1” didn’t work but the above address fixed my problem. Hope this info helps someone else. * [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/) * (@samboll) * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-localhost-on-mac-106/#post-1213511) * if true, you need to write a how to for the codex * Thread Starter [bartpop](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bartpop/) * (@bartpop) * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-localhost-on-mac-106/#post-1213515) * There are very good detailed instructions here: * [Snow Leopard, Apache, PHP, MySQL and WordPress!](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/306878?replies=6) * Which cover the installation in detail. I added a post to include the wp-config. php settings above. That was the final step to get WP up-and-running on my local machine. * [Clayton James](https://wordpress.org/support/users/claytonjames/) * (@claytonjames) * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-localhost-on-mac-106/#post-1213517) * [@bartpop](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bartpop/) * MAMP is just an acronym for Mac, Apache, MySQL, PHP. * M-AMP (mac) W-AMP (windows) L-AMP (linux)… * If you have all three apps, (Apache, MySQL, PHP) you can run wordpress. The OS won’t really matter. I think samboll may have been suggesting that if you got it to run without an Apache, MySQL, PHP “stack” in there somewhere, that you may have achieved a feat possibly worthy of great reward, and you should share your secrets with us immediately! * 😛 * Thread Starter [bartpop](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bartpop/) * (@bartpop) * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-localhost-on-mac-106/#post-1213526) * I’ll admit to being a WordPress noob 🙂 The article referenced above describes MAMP as: “MAMP is an application you can install on your Mac which allows you to have access to a local PHP server and MySQL server.” * I checked out the MAMP app available through the link on that page, but didn’t want to move my database and website docs. * Just happy to get it working in the end and hoping I can save someone time in the future. Cheers. * [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/) * (@samboll) * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-localhost-on-mac-106/#post-1213560) * :>) exactly Clayton * I am really glad you got it working * [Mark Ratledge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/songdogtech/) * (@songdogtech) * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-localhost-on-mac-106/#post-1213626) * Can’t be done? MySQL, PHP and Apache are already installed under OS X * I run multiple WP installs locally under OS X without MAMP with just `define(' DB_HOST', 'localhost');` in wp-config. * I installed the MySQL prference pane to start and stop the MySQL server, and use PHPMyAdmin to admin the database as root. Just give each WP install a different database. The 3306 in 127.0.0.1:3306 is the MySQP port number, but isn’t needed in wp-config * [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/) * (@samboll) * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-localhost-on-mac-106/#post-1213636) * > Can’t be done? MySQL, PHP and Apache are already installed under OS X * then you already have mamp :>) * [Mark Ratledge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/songdogtech/) * (@songdogtech) * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-localhost-on-mac-106/#post-1213641) * True, MAMP by another name; MAMP without the MAMP installer. * [Clayton James](https://wordpress.org/support/users/claytonjames/) * (@claytonjames) * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-localhost-on-mac-106/#post-1213654) * I tried that MAMP installer once. I’m pretty sure it gave me the MUMPs. No, maybe it was just a toothache, but I forget. It was so long ago. Then, there was this one time that I installed LAMP, and that left me with a big LUMP. (on my shin– I banged it on the corner of the server case in the dark while getting a glass of water at 2:00 am.) Then I tried that WAMP installer-thing on a Windows OS? Yep’- you guessed it. My co-workers repeatedly informed that the mere suggestion of the use of a WAMP installer could elevate my WIMP levels substantially. Well, needless to say… I need no additional assistance with _that_! * So. “What’s my point?” …ask you? I leave you with three of my favorite quotes; * 1) _“Named must your fear be, before banish it you can.”_ * _-Jedi Master Yoda, Star Wars Trilogy_ * 2) _” Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny, consume you it will.”_ * -Jedi Master Yoda, Star Wars Trilogy * 3) _“view the source, Luke!”_ * _-whooami_ * jebus, that still makes me laugh out loud. I think I have dain bramage or something. * `` * 😛 * [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/) * (@samboll) * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-localhost-on-mac-106/#post-1213659) * that is priceless Clayton Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 17 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-localhost-on-mac-106/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-localhost-on-mac-106/page/2/?output_format=md) The topic ‘WordPress localhost on Mac 10.6’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [installation](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/installation/) * [snow leopard](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/snow-leopard/) * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/) * 17 replies * 6 participants * Last reply from: [dompenrice](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dompenrice/) * Last activity: [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-localhost-on-mac-106/page/2/#post-1213741) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics