Install Mambo issues & problems on a Mac

[tlfeet]

Hi,

Attemptiong to eval Mambo.
So downloaded and attempting to set up locally - using web config.

For versions, setup, etc. see signature please.

Issue #1
Got to Step 1 and got warning that:
Display Errors were OFF and should be ON
Magic Quotes GPC was OFF and should be ON

so edited php.ini to change.

Probelm is that Magic Quote GPC has messed up other PHP/MySQL packages, programs.
What would I loose, suffer if I turned it back off?

Issue #2
Can't get past Step 3 MySQL database config step.
As it tells me my username and password are invalid.

I have been running PHP/MySQL for a while, of course username & password are valid, perfectly valid.

I read where doing an upgrade of MySQL could cause problems, but in my case I did not upgrade, clean install.

I did however, have to run:
SET PASSWORD FOR myusername@localhost = OLD_PASSWORD('newpwd');

as noted at MySQL
Client does not support authentication protocol to get another PHP/MySQL package to work.

Is there something in mambo config file I can change?
Some setting in install files or something that can be tweaked?

Isasue #3
Session path not writeable.
At first thought, well worry about that later, but in reading some posts, "Oh, that is set in php.ini as well"

OK, read what php.ini file has to say about it.
And gee that is real clear ... can someone translate into English?
Or better yet, just tell me what to type in Terminal?

Thanks for help.

{PS New to Mambo, as I said, attempting eval
also sort of new to PHP/MySQL but do have programming & db experience

Oh, I got a mac so I didn't have to type geek speak in terminal to do stuff  which is why I am trying to do web install.  }

Thanks

[tlfeet]

Fixed the above problems.

Got through the web install system
Says I am all set to go to public & admin pages.
Deleted the installation files.

Type in address to local install http://localhost/mambo/
get taken right back to installation/index.php
of course with a file not found error as well, as I said I deleted install files.

Try admin http://localhost/mambo/administration
and also taken to installation/index.php
with file not found error.

So, now what is up? 

How do I actually get to public & admin?
What's the trick?

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Fixes?

Set php.ini back the way it was.
Display errors OFF
Magic_quotes_gcp to ON

and then setup a session.save path

Was able to install then.

Turns out it is the display errors flag in php.ini to ON which causes Mambo install to not recognize a valid username/password.

and causes problems with the other package I mentioned.