Can SOPAC run w/o Sphinx? (Installing via MAMP, OS X 10.6)

Hello all,

I'm trying to do a local install of SOPAC on my powerbook (running latest patched OS X 10.6.3), and I can't seem to get the Sphinx makefile to compile properly (although I can get the Macports version to compile and install, but I can't seem to get it to install into /usr/local as the installation docs specify). I also don't have an ILS to connect to, so do I need Locum? How about Insurge? I'm basically interested in looking at the SOPAC module in Drupal to learn it's configuration and template/theme ability. Has anyone else done a localhost installation of SOPAC?

Thanks!