mac$ brew install mysql ==> Downloading https://downloads.sf.net/project/machomebrew/Bottles/mysql-5.6.17_1.mavericks.bottle.tar.gz Already downloaded: /Library/Caches/Homebrew/mysql-5.6.17_1.mavericks.bottle.tar.gz ==> Pouring mysql-5.6.17_1.mavericks.bottle.tar.gz ==> Caveats A "/etc/my.cnf" from another install may interfere with a Homebrew-built server starting up correctly.
To connect: mysql -uroot
To have launchd start mysql at login: ln -sfv /usr/local/opt/mysql/*.plist ~/Library/LaunchAgents Then to load mysql now: launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.mysql.plist Or, if you don't want/need launchctl, you can just run: mysql.server start ==> /usr/local/Cellar/mysql/5.6.17_1/bin/mysql_install_db --verbose --user=machaismile --basedir=/usr/local/Cellar/mysql/5.6.17_1 --datadir=/usr/local/var/mysql --t ==> Summary 🍺 /usr/local/Cellar/mysql/5.6.17_1: 9510 files, 338M