Obtain the prerequisites:

• CMake 2.8, installed with MacPorts.
• SWIG 2.0, installed with MacPorts.
• Protobuf 2.4, installed with MacPorts.
• Log4CXX 0.10, installed with MacPorts.
• Boost 1.52, installed with MacPorts.
• libpqxx 3.1, compiled from source.
• PostgreSQL 8.4 server, installed with MacPorts.

Build SciDB with CMake, and install it to the default location in /opt/scidb.

Create an administrative user named scidb. Follow the instructions in the SciDB user guide to configure the scidb user environment and setup a SciDB instance. When creating /opt/scidb/12.10/etc/config.ini, be sure to use "/Users/scidb" for the scidb home directory instead of "/home/scidb".