Getting MySQL working on OSX 10.7 Lion

Question

I\'m currently trying to get MySQL working on OSX 10.7 Lion. I tried the brew way:

brew install mysql
-> cmake        -> no problems
-> make                 


        

Answer 1

A drop in replacement for mysql is mariadb. You can install with 'brew install mariadb'. It builds on Lion.

Existing mysql drivers and clients just work. I'm using it with python-mysql and django.

It's even called mysql so you won't even know the difference.