Installing MySQL 5.1 on OS X 10.7 Lion
- by xisal
I am trying to install MySQL 5.1. I am on Lion, and when I remove all files associated with MySQL on my machine it still tells me that I have a newer version installed when I try to install it from the DMG file.
Has anyone successfully installed MySQL 5.1 on Lion?
I found a solution using Homebrew:
Completely remove MySQL from your system (just in case)
sudo rm /usr/local/mysql
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/mysql*
sudo rm -rf /Library/StartupItems/MySQLCOM
sudo rm -rf /Library/PreferencePanes/My*
vim /etc/hostconfig and removed the line MYSQLCOM=-YES-
rm -rf ~/Library/PreferencePanes/My*
sudo rm -rf /Library/Receipts/mysql*
sudo rm -rf /Library/Receipts/MySQL*
sudo rm -rf /var/db/receipts/com.mysql.*
Source:http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1436425/how-do-you-uninstall-mysql-from-mac-os-x
Install homebrew
/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/gist/323731)"
Source: https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/wiki/installation
Install MySQL 5.1 via brew
brew install mysql51
if that doesn't work, do this:
brew install https://raw.github.com/adamv/homebrew-alt/master/versions/mysql51.rb
Source: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4359131/brew-install-mysql-on-mac-os/6399627#6399627
Make MySQL Work
Create mysql.sock file
touch /tmp/mysql.sock
Install MySQL default tables
/usr/local/Cellar/mysql51/5.1.58/bin/mysql_install_db
...or your path
Source: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4788381/getting-cant-connect-through-socket-tmp-mysql-when-installing-mysql-on-ma/5140849#5140849
