- let the env know about 'port' packages, here we care about include dir CFLAGS=-I/opt/local/include ./configure [arch setup] - perms -> http and git users/accounts are added to users group -> 775 is used now for all website dirs -> rest of the system uses kyle:users and 644 perms such as text editor, IDE, etc. - lamp stack -> macosx's partition is used to store mysql db -> mysqld.service has to be modified and --datadir= argument was added -> custom local.service start before mysql end stop after mysql to mount masqueraded/mapped user:group perms from macosx's system to archlinux