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Install MySQL using MacPorts or Mac OS X binary package?

Is there an advantage to using one over the other? Should I use the provider provided in the PKG file or should I use the Darwin port version? Is there a general rule for deciding how to install a package?

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I would use the package provided by the supplier only because of support. I found that when I have problems with darwinports, it’s much harder to find support than with a PKG based installation.

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Use macports (renamed darwinports).

You get a stock setting, which is located in / opt / local.

Your toolchain built with this is very similar to the classic / usr / local toolchain, which you usually get on linux. You know exactly how it is installed, and it automatically pulls in the dependencies, and, more importantly, quickly create a thing from the source code using any modern Mac, and when this is done, all you need to rely on everything that is, since you have a source.

port synchronization && & port -d install mysql5 + server

if he is using macports for the first time, run it at night and in am, it will be done. Next time you don’t have to build so much. The system rewards continued use.

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I used the vendor-supplied package to install MySQL on OS X. It was quick and easy. To use general-purpose MySQL, I do not understand why anyone could do this in any other way.

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I usually prefer to use MacPorts to install the software, but in the case of MySQL, it was much easier for me to use the installer provided by the provider. Less compilation time (obviously), and it had tools to make setup easier.

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I usually prefer to use a package from my package manager (although I use fink ...). I found that integration / dependency issues are more common and more serious than bug fixes.

But a lot will depend on the accompanying package, so YMMV.

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I would not use MacPorts or Fink for any mission critical applications. Especially if you use Leopard.

Maybe it's just me, but I had a success rate of 50-50 when installing applications using MacPorts and Fink.

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