Feature Request: Mac OS X Installer

[temptationkentos57]

Description

Currently, the README states that an installer for Mac OS X is not available. This limits the usability of the application for Mac users who may find manual installation cumbersome.

Suggested Feature

It would be beneficial to create an automated installer for Mac OS X as part of the installation process. This installer could streamline the process similar to the Windows installers and provide the necessary configurations for Apache and PHP.

Benefits

• Enhanced User Experience: Simplifies the installation for Mac users, increasing the user base.
• Consistency: Provides a uniform installation experience across platforms.

Additional Consideration

If creating a full automated installer is not feasible at this moment, consider at least providing a comprehensive guide for manual installation specific to Mac OS X, detailing each step with examples, so that users can have a more straightforward path in setting up the application.

Thank you for considering this feature request!

[mkucej]

@drfraser spent a lot of time writing this readme. If it does not work, you can install I, Librarian in Ubuntu VM, or try to use Docker.

[wemcouncil]

(drfraser here) That README is somewhat old and needs updated with new information relevant for the latest OS X versions, but the general process should be the same; it is exactly what an installer would need to do - it is the sysadmin level of instructions to get PHP running on your Mac and to setup a web server to run iLibrarian. Making an installer to do all that work is perhaps a bit too complex IMO and it is not clear how much variability it might run into on anyone's Mac and how it is setup.

So one can not just blindly follow the README, but has to use the latest version of PHP etc or whatever is needed for OS X v12+ No good idea of what new issues might arise.