For web developers it is often convenient to have local access to a markup validator. There are browser extensions like the excellent HTML Validator extension, but sometimes you want a standalone installation that can be used for batch testing or other tasks where a browser extension isn’t the best solution.
Several (many) years ago I posted a Quicklink about a document on Apple’s Developer site called Installing the W3C HTML Validator on Mac OS X, which obviously is useful for those of us who use Mac OS X. That document is still online, but the instructions there don’t seem to be quite up-to-date. Instead of following them, here’s what I did to get the W3C Markup Validator running on Mac OS X 10.6.
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