Hi, As I did not get any reply, I started to install the mysql-5.4.3-beta osx10.5-x86_64 build on My Snow Leopard 10.6.2 64 bits , and I wanted to share my user experience with you :)
the installation went well (logged as a normal user) though there were not any mysql user created on my OS, all files installed at /usr/local/mysql-5.4.3-beta-osx10.5-x86_64/ and a link /usr/local/mysql has been created pointing to /usr/local/mysql-5.4.3-beta-osx10.5-x86_64/ I then tried to create environment variables following the here under docs : http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/qa/qa2001/qa1255.html http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/qa/qa2001/qa1067.html <http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.4/en/setting-environment-variables.html> ttp://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.4/en/setting-environment-variables.html<http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.4/en/setting-environment-variables.html> http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql-macosx-excerpt/5.4/en/mac-os-x-installation.html but it did not work though I created a file /Users/MyUserName/.MacOSX/environment.plist <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" " http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd";> <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>MYSQL_TCP_PORT</key> <string>3306</string> <key>PATH</key> <string>${PATH}:/usr/local/mysql/bin</string> </dict> </plist> so I finally created a file e /Users/MyUserName/.bash_profile and this worked for me : MYSQL_TCP_PORT=3306 PATH=${PATH}:/usr/local/mysql/bin export MYSQL_TCP_PORT export PATH I then ran . .bash_profile ls -al /usr/local/mysql/data/ and noticed the files are owned by a user _mysql (group wheel) which I do not know (and does not exist I guess) : I then successfully ran the here under command though I have not performed yet the UNIX Post install steps<http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.4/en/mysql-install-db.html>: mysql -u root mysql I finnaly downloaded the MySQL Workbench 5.2.10 beta (mysql-workbench-oss-5.2.10-osx10.5-i686.dmg ) for Mac OS X 10.5 (x86, 32-bit) though I run mac Os X Snow Leopard 10.6.2 (x86, 64 bits) , I then saw the wizard as described at http://dev.mysql.com/doc/workbench/en/wb-installing-mac.html and can succefully run the Workbench GUI. I created then a new instance with a "Mac OS X (MySQL Package)" System Profile and all looked fine except the configuration file path set by default to /etc/my.cnf , which does not exist .... I only found a *.cnf file at /usr/local/mysql-5.4.3-beta-osx10.5-x86_64//mysql-test/suite/ndb/my.cnf To be followed ... and congratulations to the MySQL Team for the quality of this 5.4 beta version which looks yet great :) Regards, Steve 2009/11/29 Steve Pincaud <jav...@gmail.com> > Hello, > > I have a Mac Book Pro (64 bits x86) running with Snow Leopard aka Mac OS X > 10.6.2, I have read the here under pages and my conclusion is that MySQL > currently does not support Mac OS X 10.6.x, so my question is: is there any > plan in the roadmap to support it ? and if so what would be the ETA for GA > and to get beta versions (the mysql-5.4.3-beta is supported only on > osx10.5-x86_64) ? > > Thanks, > > Steve > > http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/5.4.html#macosx-dmg > > > http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql-macosx-excerpt/5.4/en/mac-os-x-installation.html > > http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=46999 > > http://lists.mysql.com/mysql/218618 > > http://lists.mysql.com/mysql/218638 > > > http://macosx.com/forums/mac-os-x-system-mac-software/311841-mysql-installation.html > > http://tomkeur.net/39/how-to-remove-mysql-completely-mac-os-x-leopard.html > > >
