Install MySQL on Mac OS X 10.4.x

10.4.9 Intel / MySQL 5.0.41

  1. Get MySQL from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/5.0.html, download this Mac OS X 10.4 (x86) (package format) version
  2. Open the .dmg and install the two package files and one prefPane included:
    • mysql-5.0.41-osx10.4-i686.pkg
    • MySQLStartupItem.pkg
    • MySQL.prefPane
  3. go into yoru System Preferences and start up MySQL (in the MySQL preference pane you just installed)
  4. make sure /usr/local/mysql/bin/ is in your path, if not edit your .bash_profile
  5. verify it is running: $ mysql -u root mysql

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