Installing Presto Mashup Server on Snow Leopard

Today I got back into working with Jack.Be's Presto mashup server.  I have installed this before, but many months ago and had to relearn the process.  It's a little odd on the mac because Java is already installed, but JAVA_HOME is not set.

First, get the presto server download, unzip it and put it somewhere on your computer.  On my system I put it in /users/mike/dev/presto.  Your directory should look similar to the following:



The next step is to install presto.  This is done by executing the command ./setup.sh.  When this happens you will be asked a number of questions, most of which you can simply accept the defaults.  However, the first one is most important due to the java configuration on the mac:



The key is to specify the /Library/Java/Home folder, which is actually a symbolic link to the actual location of the java installation. 

You'll then be asked a lot of questions about ports, all of which you can just accept the defaults (in most cases).  You'll get output similar to the following:



You are now installed.  In my next post, I'll show how to run Presto.