Installing MySQL 5.5.8 on Mac OS X Snow Leopard

Tue, 21 Dec 2010 14:17:30 +0000

Installing MySQL should be a no brainer on any operating system, especially with how mature of a product it is. Apparently that assumption is incorrect. I tried installing the most recent GA release of MySQL on my new Snow Leopard machine, and found I couldn't start the blasted server. I've become lazy the older I get - I don't want to screw around with shell scripts, hacking this tweaking that. If I'm provided a Mac-based installer I WANT IT TO WORK. So, if you're like me and are frustrated as all hell with not being able to get MySQL to start via System Preferences after installing the 64-bit version (maybe 32-bit as well), do the following:

MySQL on The Dangling Pointer

Installing MySQL 5.5.8 on Mac OS X Snow Leopard