Comments on: Installing MySQL

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 01:06:23 +0000

You need to look in the archives for powerpc versions of mysql as of 2010. From the bottom of this post…
http://forums.mysql.com/read.php?117,297852,299814#msg-299814

You *can* find MySQL 5.1.40 packages for Mac OS X and PowerPC on the (not that easy to find I have to admit) page
http://downloads.mysql.com/archives.php?p=mysql-5.1&v=5.1.40

By: Richard

Richard — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 07:22:38 +0000

David, in Leopard .bash_profile is still used. I think you made a typo in your profile.

By: David

David — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 21:08:13 +0000

I am using OS X 10.5.7 and have not gotten the setting of the path to mysql to work. I think that in Leopard, .bash_profile is no longer used, but is replaced by .profile. In either case, after creating the file, and restarting terminal, I get mysql: command not found. Typically I just use cd to migrate to the /mysql/bin directory, but it is a pain, and I’d like to learn how to do this. I’ve Googled for a while, but none of the suggestions have worked. Also when I echo $PATH, I do not get the path that is in the .bash_profile or .profile files. I suspect that I should be altering the path.d file, but is that a good thing?

Any help appreciated.

By: Richard

Richard — Sat, 23 May 2009 11:02:48 +0000

@Will, you can just install a new version of MySQL without any problem. The newer version will just overwrite the older one. You can check by running mysql_config, which will show you the actual version you are using plus configuration.

By: Will

Will — Fri, 22 May 2009 01:54:21 +0000

It seems when I upgraded to 10.5.7 from 10.4.1, MySQL, PHP and Apache was not working properly. I was able to get php to run and Apache buy MySQL was not connecting properly. I wanted to start fresh and reinstall everything so I uninstalled MySQL using these instructions:
To uninstall MySQL and completely remove it from you Mac do the following:

* sudo rm /usr/local/mysql
* sudo rm -rf /usr/local/mysql*
* sudo rm -rf /Library/StartupItems/MySQLCOM
* sudo rm -rf /Library/PreferencePanes/My*
* edit /etc/hostconfig and remove the line MYSQLCOM=-YES-
* sudo rm -rf /Library/Receipts/mysql*
* sudo rm -rf /Library/Receipts/MySQL*

Then I reinstalled 5.1 version and it seemed to all go in correctly however I see no local file in usr. My localhost is in my webserver file yet there is no StartupItems there either. I just want to start all over again and make sure there is a fresh install of MySQL in my system.

system:

MacBookpro 17 inch
2.33 ghz
2 gb -ddr2 SDram 667 mhz intel core 2 duo

Thanks for any help on this

By: Richard

Richard — Mon, 04 May 2009 05:19:37 +0000

@Nicv, just open a new Terminal session. If you type in `mysql` followed by enter you should get a proper answer instead of command not found.

By: Nicv

Nicv — Mon, 04 May 2009 05:16:57 +0000

Hi Richard,

I’m ready to learn and try. I’ve created a .bash_profile, cause I didn’t see any old file name .bash_profile with the export PATH=”$PATH:/usr/local/mysql/bin” as content.

So, how to execute this? Many Thanks

By: Richard

Richard — Mon, 04 May 2009 05:07:38 +0000

@Nicv, if you open a Terminal session you are in your users home directory. If you don’t know what you doing please stop as these instructions might be to advanced for you. If you are ready to learn and make mistakes the command to edit your profile is:
`vi .bash_profile`

Please google for instructions on how to use vi.

By: Nicv

Nicv — Sun, 03 May 2009 23:40:13 +0000

How do we test it in the terminal?

Sorry, I’m terminal newbie. Thanks.

By: Nicv

Nicv — Sun, 03 May 2009 22:54:40 +0000

Hi,

I’d like to know how do we add the PATH Environment? I don’t manage to get the .bash_profile. Can I know which home directory that you’re mentioning? Thanks.