README.md

GisOnOsX

A step by step installation of GIS packages on Mac OS X

Prerequesites

Install latest XCode from Apple Store with "Command Line Tool" or only install the Command Line tool from XCode. In this case you'll need a free developer login to access the download, login and look for "Command Line Tools for Xcode".

Install homebrew

See http://mxcl.github.com/homebrew/

Install XQuartz

Download and install at https://xquartz.macosforge.org/landing/

Packages installation

Install usefull packages

brew install wget
brew install cmake
brew install fastcgi

Install PostGIS

brew install postgresql
brew install postgis

Install GDAL

brew install gdal --enable-unsupported --complete --with-postgres

Install mapserver 6.2

brew install mapserver --with-postgresql --with-geos

Install mapcache

brew install pixman

# Create a temporary directory
mkdir tmp
cd tmp

# Retrieve mapcache
git clone git://github.com/mapserver/mapcache.git

# Compilation
cmake mapcache
make
sudo make install

# Copy mapcache configuration file to /usr/local/etc
cp mapcache/mapcache.xml /usr/local/etc/

# Clean tmp directory
rm tmp

Configuration

Configure your ~/.bash_profile :

# Homebrew PATH
export PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:$PATH

# Postgres path
export PGDATA='/usr/local/var/postgres/'

Copy mapserver executable within Apache CGI directory

sudo cp /usr/local/Cellar/mapserver/6.2.0/bin/mapserv .

Configure mapcache

# Edit /etc/apache2/httpd.conf and add the following
LoadModule mapcache_module   libexec/apache2/mod_mapcache.so
<IfModule mapcache_module>
    <Directory /usr/local/etc/mapcache>
        Order Allow,Deny
        Allow from all
    </Directory>
    MapCacheAlias /mapcache "/usr/local/etc/mapcache/mapcache.xml"
</IfModule>

# Restart apache
sudo apachectl restart