A few years back I wrote up my experience installing GeoServer on my Macbook. I thought I’d take another stab at it and see how it goes on a newer Mac, this time running Snow Leopard (10.6.8 Macbook pro).
I’m sure some groups are packaging GeoServer into some sort of simple to install packages that I should know about, but not being daunted by the “hard way” I’m following my new user approach to getting through this: pretend I know nothing. First stop – http://geoserver.org. Then I clicked my way through Download, Stable version and selected Mac OSX Installer – imagine that! My confidence is buoyed as I feel I’m on the right track.
This is brilliant, guys, you couldn’t have made it easier. I only wondered if I should have grabbed the OS Independent download instead, but I won’t test fate by deviating from the obvious at this late hour.
Now that the geoserver-2.1.1.dmg file (56MB) has been downloaded from Sourceforge, let’s see what we got. Can it get easier than this?
![GeoServer OSX Installer Package](https://i0.wp.com/spatialguru.com/sites/default/files/images/gsinstall.png?w=660)
Now, what do we get when we launch GeoServer from the Applications icon?
![](https://i0.wp.com/spatialguru.com/sites/default/files/images/gs_console1.png?w=660)
![](https://i0.wp.com/spatialguru.com/sites/default/files/images/gs_console2.png?w=660)
- Web Admin Quickstart
- OSX Installer Instructions (shorter than mine!)