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Development Tools Database Foundations Installing MySQL Server and MySQL Workbench Installing MySQL Server and Workbench on OS X

Max Hirsh
Max Hirsh
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Posted by Max Hirsh
Max Hirsh
16,773 Points

For newer versions of OS X, follow the link in the teacher's notes to get MySQL workbench 5.2.44. XAMPP for server.

It looks like the community mysql server does not install properly on newer versions of OS X (both the most recent release and the older one in the teacher's notes). I spent probably 8 hours trying to get it to work. A post I found in stack overflow seemed to suggest it doesn't install properly for newer versions of OS X.

Luckily another treehouse user found that the program XAMPP gets around this. It lets you run several different kinds of servers on OS X, including a MySQL server. I started it and everything seems to be running smoothly now. Here's a link to the download site (you can also find it through google):

https://www.apachefriends.org/index.html

MySQL workbench (for interacting with the server) seems to work just fine. Hope this helps other OS X users/MySQL 5.7 reenactment enthusiasts!