Fink's MySQL vs. mysql.com's MySQL

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gibagiba
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in Genius Bar edited January 2014
I'm trying to install MySQL on my system, and I don't get the difference between Fink's version of MySQL and mysql.com's. The version numbers are certainly different (former is 4.0, latter is 5.0), are they differnet softwrae? Which should I install?



TIA,

Eric

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    karl kuehnkarl kuehn Posts: 756member
    Fink packages software so that it is easy to compile. Usually they just adjust some of the build settings (like where the final product go), and sometimes add a few patches to make it compile. In this case MySQL 5 is still Alpha (unstable, new work is going into it), where as MySQL 4.x is the current version. Fink just is distributing the current version, rather than the alpha version.
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    xoolxool Posts: 2,460member
    I used to use Marc Liyanage's MySQL package but now I just use the mysql.com version. I still use Marc's precompiled PHP package adding support for additional libraries as well as PHP 5.



    I'm a programmer, but one reason I prefer macs is that I don't have to compile everything under the sun anytime I want to use something. I'm glad most of the apps I want to use are available as packaged bundles.
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    toweltowel Posts: 1,479member
    MySQL.com offers a regular OSX-native installer for MySQL now. No need to compile or anything. I would trust that more than Fink. I would also use the 4.0 release, unless you really know why you need to use a pre-release 4.1 or 5.x version.



    Go to http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/4.0.html and scroll down to "Installer package (Mac OS X v10.3)".
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    gibagiba Posts: 99member
    Thank you all for the clarafication.



    So the version number 4.0.17-11 (stable) 4.0.17-11 (unstable) showing on Fink's page are the actual version number from mysql.com?



    TIA,

    Eric
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    talksense101talksense101 Posts: 1,738member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by giba

    Thank you all for the clarafication.



    So the version number 4.0.17-11 (stable) 4.0.17-11 (unstable) showing on Fink's page are the actual version number from mysql.com?



    TIA,

    Eric



    They should refer to the same build number, so the answer is a yes.
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