I am having a few problems with the install.
First off Mac OS X does not support the groupadd or useradd
commands.
Next the scripts/mysql_install_db fails and tells me to look for
more i\
nformation in ./data logs, however in the data directory there are no
log files\
.
This site has precompiled MySQL binaries for Mac OS X:
http://www.entropy.ch/software/macosx/mysql/
It also has easy to follow installation instructions. You need to use
your Users utility to add the MySQL user instead of the useradd and
groupadd commands. Complete instructions are at the