
does "mysql-5.5.28-osx10.6-x86_64.dmg" contains only the server, or also a client tool inside?Ī3: Lots. Is there any client side tools inside the installation package? I mean, for example, Microsoft SQL Server for Windows, there are Microsoft SQL Server and there are Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio, which serves as a client tool to browse databases and doing queries also, if i download "Microsoft SQL Server Express with Tools" package, it will install both. what does MySQLStartupItem.pkg installed?Ī2: The Startup Item installation adds a variable MYSQLCOM=-YES- to the system configuration file /etc/hostconfig. Shell> sudo /Library/StartupItems/MySQLCOM/MySQLCOM stop shell> sudo /Library/StartupItems/MySQLCOM/MySQLCOM start is it that every time i want to run mysql, i have to mount the installation package?Ī1: The dB engine is installed you have to start and stop it using terminal window. why until now there's nothing in the applications? I can't see any item or folder like mysql there. PhpmMyAdmin is another choice which runs in the browser.

You will need to download the MySQL workbench for a GUI. Which you run and start from the terminal/bash/shell. Does mysql-5.5.28-osx10.6-x86_64.dmg contain only the server, or also a client tool inside? Are there any client side tools inside the installation package? I mean, for example, Microsoft SQL Server for Windows, there are Microsoft SQL Server and there are Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio, which serves as a client tool to browse databases and doing queries also, if I download "Microsoft SQL Server Express with Tools" package, it will install both. Is it that every time I want to run mysql, I have to mount the installation package? Why until now there's nothing in the Applications? I can't see any item or folder like mysql there. Now I see a window jumped out, with a button Start/Stop MySQL Server, I clicked it, now it says "The MySQL Server Instance is running". MySQL.prefPane -> I double-clicked it to run. However, I still could not see anything in Applications.

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MySqlStartupItem.pkg -> I double-clicked to run, also successfully done. However, I could not see anything in Applications.

Mysql-5.5.28-osx10.6-x86_64.pkg -> I double-clicked it to run, after clicked buttons a few times it's said to be successfully installed. Then I double clicked mysql-5.5.28-osx10.6-x86_64.dmg, it's mounted, and shows My Mac runs Mac OS X, version 10.7.5., so it's a 64 bit system.įirst, I downloaded mysql-5.5.28-osx10.6-x86_64.dmg.
