From sudo apt-get install

[anjanesh]

Hello

I just bought a Mac Book Pro and Im a complete newbie to OSX.
Im using Ubuntu on my desktop and am used to
sudo apt-get install <package>

Is there something like this for OSX ?
I want to install & configure Apache, PHP and MySQL

 

[Phil A.]

Hello

I just bought a Mac Book Pro and Im a complete newbie to OSX.
Im using Ubuntu on my desktop and am used to
sudo apt-get install <package>

Is there something like this for OSX ?
I want to install & configure Apache, PHP and MySQL

There is no equivalent to apt-get on OSX: Installs are generally graphically based and you need to download the installers from the web.

PHP and Apache 2 are already included in OSX out of the box. Apache 2 is turned on and off using the "sharing" system preference (turn on Web Sharing). The config file for Apache is located in /etc/apache2/httpd.conf (turn web sharing off and back on to apply changes). By default, apache isn't configured to include the php or fast-cgi modules, but the configs are present (and commented out) in the httpd.conf file so configuring them is trivial

To install MySQL, simply download and run the OS X installer from here: http://www.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/

OS X makes a very capable alternative to the LAMP platform and once you get used to the differences, you should be pretty comfortable coming from a Linux background

 

[maflynn]

The closest thing you'll get to apt-get is apple's app store. Its not command line like apt-get (but then ubuntu has been moving people away from the CLI and apt-get anyways) and it allows you to download and install applications.

 

[sudoash]

Have a look at MacPorts and/or Homebrew. Both offer a command-line utility that you'll probably get familiar with fairly quickly.