How to Install Joomla! on macOS

Joomla! is a popular content management system that allows users to create and manage websites without extensive coding knowledge. In this tutorial, we will go over the steps to install Joomla! on macOS.

Prerequisites

Before installing Joomla! on macOS, ensure that your system meets the following requirements:

• macOS 10.14 or later
• PHP 7.4 or later
• MySQL 5.5.3 or later
• Apache web server with mod_rewrite enabled

Step 1: Download Joomla!

To download Joomla!, navigate to the official Joomla! website at https://www.joomla.org/ and click on the "Download Joomla!" button. Choose the latest version and download the file.

Step 2: Install MAMP

MAMP is a popular Apache-MySQL-PHP stack that allows users to develop and run web applications on their local machine. To install MAMP on your macOS, follow these steps:

1. Visit the MAMP website and download the latest version of MAMP for macOS.
2. Double-click on the downloaded file to start the installation process.
3. Follow the on-screen prompts to complete the installation.

Step 3: Start MAMP

After installing MAMP, you can start it by following these steps:

1. Open your Applications folder and locate the MAMP folder.
2. Double-click on the "MAMP" application to open it.
3. Click on the "Start Servers" button to start MAMP.

Step 4: Create a Database

Before installing Joomla!, you need to create a database for it. To do so, follow these steps:

1. In the MAMP window, click on the "Open WebStart page" button.
2. Click on the "Tools" tab and then click on the "phpMyAdmin" button.
3. Log in to phpMyAdmin using the username "root" and the password "root".
4. Click on the "Databases" tab and then enter a name for your Joomla! database in the "Create database" field.
5. Click on the "Create" button to create the database.

Step 5: Install Joomla!

Now that MAMP is running and the database is set up, you can install Joomla! by following these steps:

1. Open the folder where Joomla! was downloaded and extract the contents.
2. Move the extracted files to your MAMP's htdocs folder, which is located in Applications/MAMP/htdocs.
3. Open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost:8888 to access the MAMP homepage.
4. Click on the Joomla! folder that you moved to the htdocs folder.
5. Follow the on-screen prompts to install Joomla!. When prompted, enter the database name, username, and password that you created in Step 4.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Joomla! on your macOS machine.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we went over the steps to install Joomla! on macOS. We covered downloading Joomla!, installing MAMP, creating a database, and installing Joomla!. With these steps, you can now begin creating and managing websites with Joomla! on your local machine.

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