Comments on: How to Install MySQL

By: julio montoya

julio montoya — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 22:09:57 +0000

If you are an ubuntu/linux user you can use mysql browser :
sudo apt-get install mysql-browser

By: john_fitz_dub

john_fitz_dub — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:08:45 +0000

The mac install guide is out of date.

By: bharat k

bharat k — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 04:20:27 +0000

use navicat lite which is an ide for use with mysql…makes creation, querying and backup a breeze

By: Craig Buckler

Craig Buckler — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:30:27 +0000

What about a Mac installation?

Unfortunately, I'm not a Mac user so I cannot offer much advice other than the Mac installation instructions at the MySQL site. Linux instructions are also available, although most versions of Linux offer easy installations through repositories. You should note that non-Windows versions of MySQL may use the configuration file my.cnf rather than my.ini. Also be careful about table naming if you're developing on Windows (not case-sensitive) and porting to Linux (case sensitive). You can change the behaviour, but it's known to cause problems so I'd recommend sticking with lower case table names.

By: MGoddard

MGoddard — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:10:36 +0000

What about a Mac installation?

By: pkSML

pkSML — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:04:29 +0000

Thanks for the simple tutorial! Much appreciated.