Manaully install mysql on OS X from binary.

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#Install MySQL from binary on Maverick.

1. Download MySQL from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/
2. Extract, rename folder, and place into directory you want.
3. Add MySQL's bin and MySQL's man to your $PATH and $MANPATH.
4. 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
   --datadir=/usr/local/var/mysql
   

5. Start MySQL with command mysqld_safe.