How to run wordpress

[James Linder]

On 22/01/2012, at 11:00 PM, macports-users-request at lists.macosforge.org wrote:

>> To test wordpress on my local machine, I have tried to install the
>> wordpress package on oz computer but I can't start it
>> 
>> Can you help me please
> 
> Configuring Wordpress needs the setup of a corresponding mysql database. This is afaik not part of macports and depends from your needs as most LAMP applications do need their own configurations - independent from any installation system / framework like macports.
> 
> Take a look at the wordpress install docs and - if required - into mysql docs about how to create a database incl. database user with proper access rights to it.

Heretical on this list, but why would you not just run a linux LAMP server
 
An afterthought 
If your WWW server is just added to your desktop machine then vbox with a linux LAMP server works well

James