Title: Installing wordpress in a Mac
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Installing wordpress in a Mac

 *  [myVirtualCatwalk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/myvirtualcatwalk/)
 * (@myvirtualcatwalk)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-wordpress-in-a-mac/)
 * Hi, I downloaded the Zip file, unzipped it and when I go to /wp-admin/install.
   php, safari just shows me the source code, anyone who can provide assistance 
   please?
 * Thanks!
    -MS

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 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-wordpress-in-a-mac/#post-1643287)
 * If you want to run WordPress from your computer, you’ll need to setup a local
   server environment. Follow this guide:
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress_Locally_on_Your_Mac_With_MAMP](http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress_Locally_on_Your_Mac_With_MAMP)
 *  [artguyken](https://wordpress.org/support/users/artguyken/)
 * (@artguyken)
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-wordpress-in-a-mac/#post-1643622)
 * I’m having a terrible time trying to get WordPress up and running.
 * I am on a Mac, OS10.6.6. I downloaded WordPress & put all the files into a folder
   in my local root folder, which I named WORDPRESS.
 * The install.php file didn’t work. When I try to launch the wp-config-sample.php,
   it brings it up in DreamWeaver, but says: “Dynamically-related files for this
   document may have changed and should be re-discovered by the server.”
 * I tried loading the WORDPRESS folder to my website, in the http area. I then 
   tried running install.php from the web, but get an error message: “Parse error:
   syntax error, unexpected $end in /home/’myusername’/public_html/kenwestphal.com/
   WORDPRESS/wp-includes/functions.php on line 2166”
 * I’m baffled.
 *  [Erik](https://wordpress.org/support/users/southernutahautism/)
 * (@southernutahautism)
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-wordpress-in-a-mac/#post-1643623)
 * You have to run WordPress on an Apache and mySQL server. You can’t just install
   it on your computer like a program.
 * You would need to run and configure MAMP (google it) to be able to do this on
   your own machine, and you would also need to be able to set up and know how to
   create a mySQL database.
 * Basically, you have to set up your home computer as a webserver, which is a not-
   simple task. Download MAMP and follow the instructions linked above, and that
   should get you closer, but this site won’t be visible to the outside world.

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