==== mysql on Mac OS X ==== == Installation on 10.6 (Snow Leopard) == - download [[http://www.mysql.de/downloads/mysql/ here]]; - install as described [[http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql-macosx-excerpt/5.5/en/macosx-installation-pkg.html here]] == Configurations and info about mysql on mac == (after Installation as described above) - path to all files - programms and databeses: ##/usr/local/mysql/...## - especially data is here: ##/usr/local/mysql/data/## == Administration == After installation of //MysqlStartItem// use this (from [[http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql-macosx-excerpt/5.5/en/macosx-installation-startupitem.html here]]: //The Startup Item for MySQL is installed into ##/Library/StartupItems/MySQLCOM##. The Startup Item installation adds a variable ##MYSQLCOM=-YES-## to the system configuration file /etc/hostconfig. If you want to disable the automatic startup of MySQL, change this variable to ##MYSQLCOM=-NO-##. Starting and stopping: shell> sudo /Library/StartupItems/MySQLCOM/MySQLCOM start shell> sudo /Library/StartupItems/MySQLCOM/MySQLCOM stop == Important step for working with PHP == http://superfancy.net/php-mysql-apache-in-mac-osx-leopard/