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Michael Baumgarten http://www.minofare.com

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Manually Starting & Stopping MySQL in Leopard

This is for software built from source according to:
http://hivelogic.com/articles/installing-mysql-on-mac-os-x/

Start MySQL
sudo launchctl unload -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.mysql.mysqld.plist


Stop MySQL
sudo launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.mysql.mysqld.plist


to mysql osx start leopard stop mysql5 source built by minofare on Jan 22, 2008

Remove Existing MySQL Installations

If you already have MySQL installed and used the package installer from MySQL to install it, you need to remove a single file (actually a symlink) to disable it:

sudo rm /usr/local/mysql


If you also installed the StartupItem package, you’ll want to remove it as well. Keep in mind that if you ever want to auto-start the old version of MySQL later on, you’ll need to re-download the package installer and reinstall the StartupItem.

sudo rm -rf /Library/StartupItems/MySQLCOM/
to mysql osx installer remove symlink uninstall by minofare on Jan 03, 2008

Common macports commands

Installs a package
port install package

uninstalls a package
port uninstall package

shows all ports currently installed
port installed

shows all ports not currently installed, you may want to pipe the output of this command to grep to limit the output
port uninstalled

search for a port whose name matches the regex
port search regex

shows meta information on a package
port info package

shows the latest version of all available ports
port list
to osx terminal commands macports by minofare on Jan 03, 2008

Check DNS lookup in Tiger

lookupd -configuration

Look for the following in the output:
LookupOrder: Cache FF DNS NI DS
_config_name: Host Configuration


The FF (flat file) refers to your hosts file (/etc/hosts), and Tiger does check its contents before going to DNS and Netinfo. Just a little FYI for those who may not have realized that 10.4 fixed things.


to osx tiger dns guide lookup by minofare on Sep 21, 2007

Burn ISO osx

Open Terminal and type:
hdiutil burn image.iso
to osx tiger dvd commandline image terminal burn cd by minofare on Aug 31, 2007
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