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h1. How to install on OSX h2. Install lighttpd using homebrew: # Make sure you have Xcode's command line tools installed, if not run <pre>xcode-select --install</pre> from the command line # Install homebrew by running <pre>/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"</pre> from command line. # Make sure homebrew is up to date by running <pre>brew update</pre> from command line. # Now install lighttpd with <pre>brew install lighttpd</pre> from command line. Upon completion homebrew will let you know the following important information: <pre>Docroot is: /usr/local/var/www The default port has been set in /usr/local/etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf to 8080 so that lighttpd can run without sudo. To have launchd start lighttpd now and restart at login: brew services start lighttpd Or, if you don't want/need a background service you can just run: lighttpd -f /usr/local/etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf</pre> Done! h2. older instructions: I've written up a small article on how to get 1.3.10 up and running on OSX 10.3. It can be found here: http://theexciter.com/articles/installing-lighttpd-on-osx If you installing on OSX 10.4 Tiger then http://hivelogic.com/articles/2005/12/01/ruby_rails_lighttpd_mysql_tiger is very helpful. If you aren't planning to use Rails scroll down to the section on LightTPD. There is (since May 2005) a "fink":http://fink.sourceforge.net/ package on the "download page":http://lighttpd.net/download/ which saves compiling lighttpd. If you are looking for an installer for *OSX 10.4 Tiger Intel or PowerPC* then http://www.netzallee.de/extra/lighttpd is the easiest way.