For most users (Snow Leopard)

Snow Leopard comes with Python 2.6, which is already smart enough to look for modules in /Users/uche/.local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/, so no need for updating the PYTHONPATH

Install XCode
Update or create $HOME/.pydistutils.cfg to have:

[install]
#Install to user directory rather than system site-packages
prefix = ~/.local

Highly recommended: install distribute, then install useful add-ons:

easy_install python-dateutil html5lib httplib2

Install Amara from a nightly snapshot:

mkdir $HOME/dl; cd $HOME/dl
wget http://files.akara.info/00-amara-latest.tar.bz2
mkdir $HOME/src; cd $HOME/src
tar jxvf $HOME/dl/00-amara-latest.tar.bz2
cd amara
python setup.py install

Install Akara from a nightly snapshot:

cd $HOME/dl
wget http://files.akara.info/00-akara-latest.tar.bz2
cd $HOME/src
tar jxvf $HOME/dl/00-akara-latest.tar.bz2
cd akara
python setup.py install

Now prep the Akara config, as in Akara/Quick_start:

mkdir $HOME/.config/
mkdir -p $HOME/.local/lib/akara/logs
mkdir -p $HOME/.local/lib/akara/modules
cp lib/akara.conf $HOME/.config/
#Copy a module for testing
cp demo/modules/echo.py $HOME/.local/lib/akara/modules

You may need to update PATH and PYTHONPATH, e.g. by adding the following to the ~/.profile (and running it on the command line for the first time)

export PATH=$PATH:~/.local/bin
export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:~/.local/lib/python

Start the Akara server:

akara start

If you get any errors, check the log at ~/.local/lib/akara/logs/error.log. You might need to tweak the config at ~/.local/.config/akara.conf

Akara/Install/Mac

For most users (Snow Leopard)