Mac OSX: MYSQL Community Server

This is quick one to get Mysql Community Server running on OSX, download it from -

http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/5.1.html#macosx-dmg

Choose the dmg package which works for your platform and OSX version. In my case, I choose Mac OS X 10.5 (x86). So after you have it downloaded, it's all about click click install. Remember to install both Mysql server and its startup item package. You also need to copy the MySQL.prefPane to the right location so that it will show up in your System Preferences -

shell>sudo sudo cp -fR /Volumes/mysql-5.1.38-osx10.5-x86/MySQL.prefPane /Library/PreferencePanes/

To start Mysql server, run -

shell>sudo /Library/StartupItems/MySQLCOM/MySQLCOM start

To stop Mysql server, run -

shell>sudo /Library/StartupItems/MySQLCOM/MySQLCOM stop

To uninstall Mysql Community Server -

shell>sudo rm -rf /Library/StartupItems/MySQL*
shell>sudo rm -rf /Library/PreferencePanes/MySQL*
shell>sudo rm -rf /Library/Receipts/mysql-*
shell>sudo rm /usr/local/mysql
shell>sudo rm -rf /usr/local/mysql-*

And finally remove this line in /etc/hostconfig

MYSQLCOM=-YES-

All for now, I have been idle for a while and hopefully this is come back to be active me.

Cheers ;)