#Install MySQL from binary on Maverick.
- Download MySQL from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/
- Extract, rename folder, and place into directory you want.
- Add MySQL's bin and MySQL's man to your $PATH and $MANPATH.
- Go to scripts directory and execute
mysql_install_db
with parameters you want. For example./mysql_install_db --verbose --user=clozed2u
--basedir=/usr/local/mysql