Installing 3.1.1. via admin.php on Mac running El Capitan MySql and PHP

I was told by EE support that I already have created eeuser based on the 1396 ERROR I’m getting, I’m trying to bring up a list of all users and then execute the following:

” GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON ee.* TO [email protected] IDENTIFIED BY ‘password’ WITH GRANT OPTION ” if the eeuser exists.

I understand that this is needed to properly setup EE on a MySql database, yes?

My reference for setting this up (w/o MAMP) is: https://medium.com/@eriklharper/running-expressionengine-locally-without-mamp-or-apache-on-mac-os-x-b8180dae85e8#.np5qkao99

Thanks for any help forum!

P.S. It’s interesting that my reference is from Dec 2015, and already the admin.php works differently now than it did in Dec, as in, it doesn’t lead you through the installation prep like a regular wizard would, it seems I have to manually fill in everything now, and this is frustrating for me to understand what belongs where and why..

I understand that this is needed to properly setup EE on a MySql database, yes?

Not as such, really. All you need is a MySQL db plus a user with the required privileges. If you want to run EE locally you certainly can, but I wouldn’t consider setting up PHP and MySQL to be part of the installation of EE as such; most users don’t have to deal with that at all.

I understand that this is needed to properly setup EE on a MySql database, yes?

Not as such, really. All you need is a MySQL db plus a user with the required privileges. If you want to run EE locally you certainly can, but I wouldn’t consider setting up PHP and MySQL to be part of the installation of EE as such; most users don’t have to deal with that at all.

Huh??? If what Ingmar says above is true.. Then now I wonder…

What are the alternative ways to setup EE31.1. locally??

>>> I’m scouring the web and not finding a local installation solution other than MAMP and WAMP (both using MySql and PHP the exact same way I’m using them)… ??? confused by Ingmar’s comment ???

Sure, I can set it up using Godaddy, but that’s not the goal- because eventually a local installation that I can set up later on a different computer for a client of mine is what needs to happen..

What are the alternative ways to setup EE31.1. locally?

You already know about the system requirements, I take it. What else can I say? You will need MySQL (and PHP), one way or another: you can install it yourself, although that requires a certain level of know how, use a pre-packed solution like *AMP or similar, or turn to professional hosting. That said, EE doesn’t even come into the picture at this stage.

Sure, I can set it up using Godaddy, but that’s not the goal- because eventually a local installation that I can set up later on a different computer for a client of mine is what needs to happen..

I venture to say most of us have some sort of local install. Once you have have PHP and MySQL up and running, there’s really very little difference to installing EE on an external host.

If you really insist on doing it all by yourself: is your web server up and running, and working as expected? PHP, too? Finally create a database and a user with sufficient privileges and take note of these credentials: this is the name (of the database), the username and password that you need to enter into the mask when installing EE.

Many Mac users work with MAMP, one of the *AMP family that Ingmar references, to simplify setup and configuration of the server environment.