Mac OS X users can install MariaDB via Homebrew
The gist of it is, if you’ve installed Mac OS X and you use Homebrew, you’ll be pleased to note that you’re just a brew install away for getting a working MariaDB. Yes, that’s right, simply do: brew install mariadb and that’s it — you’ll have MariaDB (currently 5.2.6) installed in no time. For further documentation and a step-by-step guide, visit the Knowledgebase article: Building MariaDB on Mac OS X using Homebrew.
Is there a version for macports?
With some of the Apple security changes, esp in El Cap, a “brew install mariadb” is no longer sufficient.
I had to modify a number of directory permissions before the brew install completed successfully
Create the /usr/local/etc/my.cnf.d directory (because of the failure of the brew install perhaps?)
Rerun the mysql_install_db directory (post install).
Probably need a whole new write up on how to do the installation for El Cap.
I need MySQL or MariaDB for a WordPress install on Mac OSX. I’m wondering if given what you said if MariaDB is not the way to go. I wanted something simple like a double-clickable package install…
No need to create the directory, also if you run `brew prune`, that directory will be removed. It’s better to open the config file at /usr/local/etc/my.cnf and comment out the following line:
!includedir /usr/local/etc/my.cnf.d
like this:
# !includedir /usr/local/etc/my.cnf.d
See: https://stackoverflow.com/a/22269766/123033