can't start MySql in Mac OS 10.6 Snow Leopard

Question

I\'ve googled this and could\'nt find anything new and useful for Apple\'s new OS SnowLeopard. I wonder if this is my mistake or I do need to do something?

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Answer 1

Along with making sure you install the 64bit version, also check to make sure that the symbolic link of '/usr/local/mysql' is pointing to the correct version of your installation:

lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel    27B Aug 29 01:24 mysql -> mysql-5.1.37-osx10.5-x86_64
drwxr-xr-x   3 root  wheel   102B Aug 29 01:25 mysql-5.1.30-osx10.5-x86
drwxr-xr-x  11 root  wheel   374B Aug 29 15:59 mysql-5.1.37-osx10.5-x86_64
drwxr-xr-x  17 root  wheel   578B Jul 13 22:06 mysql-5.1.37-osx10.5-x86_64.old

Alos, I found that after my installation, even though I used the pkg file from MySQL various other libraries would not build against the installation. The solution was to follow the steps to build MySQL from source found here. You can manually start it as root with the command:

/usr/loca/mysql/bin/mysqld_safe [whatever options you use]

Now ... to get the preference pane working I did the following:

1. Installed 64bit version of MySQL Server packet from mysql.com
2. Moved the package from mysql-5.1.37-osx10.5-x86_64 to mysql-5.1.37-osx10.5-x86_64.old
3. Did a manual compile and installation of MySQL as per these instructions

4. Executed the following command:

   sudo cp -R /usr/local/mysql-5.1.37-osx10.5-x86_64.old/support-files /usr/local/mysql/.

5. Opened up the MySQL Preference Pane and tada! it works