Brewing mySQL 5.5

If you're installing mySQL with Brew, there are a few additional tasks you'll want to complete before you can start the server.

1. Run...

$ mysql_install_db

from the installation directory.

2. Make a mysql dir inside /etc/

$ sudo mkdir /etc/mysql

3. Create a mysql config file inside your new mysql directory...

$ sudo vim /etc/mysql/my.cnf

and set the base directory of your mysql install by adding the following text to the .cnf file:

[mysqld]
basedir=/usr/local/Cellar/mysql/5.5.27/