A couple months ago (ok, so maybe more than a couple months), I attempted to install and run a program called MAMP with no such luck. It promised to make my development of sites much easier, and yet, nope, after hours of trying to get it to work, I gave up.
Recently, I was asked to try using this package at work, and at first i began to cringe. But since then, i’ve had a change of heart. I must say, they’ve done their work on this release. It installed and configured with no problem, and now i’m running an installation of Expression Engine, and WordPress