MySQL: Help installing in Snow Leopard

Question

Hi Guys,

I am having some problem installing MySQL in snow leopard.

I also have these tutorials but I don't know which one is easier and fast to install.

• Apache, PHP, and MySQL in Leopard
• Installing MySQL on Snow Leopard

Also, if I'm going to download the MySQL installer itself, what do I need to download from here? http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/5.1.html#macosx-dmg

Answer 1

This step-by-step will give you a good install plus integrate MySQL into launchd: mysql on snow leopard at hivelogic.com

Answer 2

Once you get MySQL installed, unless this has been fixed, you will need to create a 'mysql' symlink in '/usr/local' that points to the directory 'mysql-5.0.83-osx10.5-x86', also in '/local/usr' before MySQL will start.

Answer 3

I've had great success with MacPorts, if you don't mind waiting a few minutes for it to compile.

Once you install MacPorts, run the following to install MySQL 5.1:

sudo port install mysql5-devel mysql5-server-devel

Or, for 5.0:

sudo port install mysql5 mysql5-server