MySQL is the most popular open source database management system. It allows you to quickly download and install and run a powerful database system on almost any platform available including Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X etc.

Mac OS X 10.9 (x86, 64-bit), DMG Archive: OS: Mac OS X (OSX 10.9) Assigned to: CPU Architecture: Any: Tags. The downloaded file 'mysql-5.6.21-osx10.9-x8664.dmg.

In this tutorial, I am going to explain how to download and install MySQL on Mac OS X in a few easy steps.

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Hi Jim, By default, the OS X installation does not use a my.cnf, and MySQL just uses the default values. To set up your own my.cnf, you could just create a file straight in /etc, or do the following (excuse me if I say anything which is obvious to you, but this may help complete OS X beginners who are not familiar with the Unix command line).
MySQL version 5.6.14 is available for download for OSX, a double click and install is available named Mac OS X ver. 10.7 (x86, 64-bit), DMG Archive. (Don’t worry about the 10.7 naming, Works fine in OSX 10.9 and OSX 10.8).

Download latest stable version of MySQL server for your OS X version and architecture. Link: http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/. Please make sure you download the .dmg file.

Unpack download .dmg file

Click on the downloaded .dmg file and unpack it. Click on the mysql server package from unpacked files.

Install MySQL from downloaded file

Install MySQL server by clicking on the mysql package to open up the installer. If you want to install the startup script to automatically start MySQL server at the time of system startup, you should also install the start up package of mysql now (included in the unpacked MySQL package that you just downloaded and unpacked as a separate file).

Once the installer has finished successfully, all MySQL related files should be installed under /usr/local/mysql-VERSION directory. A link /usr/local/mysql (pointing to the MySQL installation directory) should also have been created for your convenience.

Install and setup auto start package for MySQL on OS X

If you had installed the automatic startup package at the time of installation, you should now be able to start MySQL running the following command in OS X Terminal window or by restarting the operating system:

As soon as you run the command above, your system might ask for permission to allow MySQL server to accept incoming connections. You must give the permission to listen on port 3306 (or change it later to run on a different port).

In case, you did not install the startup script, you have to run mysqld_safe under /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld_safe script.

If you want to disable automatic MySQL starts at the time of system startup, you can change the value of MYSQLCOM in /etc/hostconfig to '-NO-' (without quotes).

You should also consider including /usr/local/mysql/bin/ in your system PATH variable.

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Connect to installed MySQL server

In order to connect to MySQL using command line client, do the following from OSX terminal:

This will connect you to mysql server. Please make sure that you run mysql_secure_installation after finishing installation to secure your MySQL installation.

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Please feel free to use the comments form below if you have any questions or need more explanation on anything. I recommend thoroughy testing on aproduction-like test system first before moving to production.

This page contains the steps for downloading and installing MySQL.

If you already have MySQL installed you can skip this page. But if you need to install MySQL, this page will help you.

Download MySQL

First step is to download MySQL from the MySQL website.

This link takes you to the MySQL Community Server. This edition is a freely downloadable version MySQL. There are also commercial versions available, however, this tutorial uses the free version.

To check that your platform can run MySQL, see Supported Platforms.

Install MySQL

Once you've downloaded MySQL, the next step is to install it.

The following steps were taken while I installed MySQL 5.6 on my Macbook Pro (MySQL 5.6.24 to be precise). The exact steps taken may differ slightly — this will depend on the MySQL version that you're installing and the operating system that you're installing on to. If you get stuck, see the installation section from the MySQL reference manual.

Extract the Installer Package
Launch the Installer
Introduction
Accept Licence
Confirm Licence
Installation Type
Enter Password
Installing..
Installation Successful

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Start MySQL Server

Now that you've installed MySQL, you should start it. On the Mac, you can do this via the System Preferences.

Open MySQL System Preferences
MySQL System Preferences
Start MySQL

Linux/Unix/Mac

Linux/Unix systems can use the mysqld_safe command to start MySQL. You can also use this method on the Mac, using Terminal.

To do this:

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Open Terminal, and type cd /usr/local/mysql (or where ever MySQL is installed on the machine).
Then type sudo ./bin/mysqld_safe and enter a password if prompted.

Windows

Windows users can go to the command prompt and type the following:

Or where ever MySQL is installed on the machine. Also change the version number to the version you're using.

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Windows users can stop MySQL with the following command:

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Next we'll take a look at MySQL Workbench. MySQL Workbench is a graphical tool that allows you to perform all sorts of tasks with MySQL.

Download MySQL for OS X

Unpack download .dmg file

Install MySQL from downloaded file

Install and setup auto start package for MySQL on OS X

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Connect to installed MySQL server

Download MySQL

Install MySQL

Extract the Installer Package

Launch the Installer

Introduction

Accept Licence

Confirm Licence

Installation Type

Enter Password

Installing..

Installation Successful

Mysql 5.6 Mac Dmg Shortcut

Start MySQL Server

Open MySQL System Preferences

MySQL System Preferences

Start MySQL

Linux/Unix/Mac

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Windows

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