[rt-users] basic RT setup questions

[Derek Cunningham]

Hi all,

I've been lurking on the list for quite a while, learning about how  
to build RT.  I'd like to get RT running in it's stock form on a Mac  
OS X machine.  I had never compiled anything of this magnitude  
before, so I was a little intimidated to start out.  After a couple  
of rounds I am pretty comfortable with installing the components of  
mod_perl and RT, but I'm getting stuck right at the end.  I can't  
seem to keep apache running.  I'm assuming either
a) installing a newer version of apache killed OS X's ability to  
start it
or
b) I screwed up something else that's preventing apache from running  
(maybe installed it in the wrong place?)

I'm getting success with apachectl configtest and apachectl start  
(and restart), but I cannot get the machine to respond to a local web  
browser.  I also don't see anything when I grep apache.  Maybe I just  
need a correction in my httpd.conf...  or an apache lesson.  For now  
I'd just like to see a response from the local machine, I'm not  
concerned with remotely accessing RT yet.  I assume once I get things  
running locally I'll be able to use it all remotely anyway.

I followed the wiki instructions for building on OS X and it mostly  
went smoothly (I think).  I'd a little clarification on something  
though:  Someone mentions on the wiki page that installing a new  
apache and mod_perl is unnecessary with OS 10.4.  Okay, that sounds  
great but how do I get the apple-shipped versions to work?  Is it as  
easy as un-commenting the mod_perl lines in the default apache.conf  
file?

Anyone else who's gotten this running on OS X, please drop me a line  
off-list.  I'd like to clear up the install instructions and get RT  
running, and I'd be happy to post up some clearer instructions on the  
installation.  No offense meant to the person who put up the long  
list of OS X instructions, but I found it very hard to follow towards  
the end.  It seems like some blend of your instructions and the  
manual installation instructions are necessary, but I don't know  
where to switch from one to the other.

Versions:
Mac OS X 10.4.2 (a modified version of freebsd)
MySQL 4.1.14
RT 3.4.4
Apache 1.3.33
Mod_Perl 1.29
PHP 5.0.5

Thanks for any help

-Derek