# Installing mysql with macports **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [July 12, 2009, 7:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-mysql-with-macports/171974 "2009-07-12T19:45:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mikej](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/a9a28c/32.png) [@mikej](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mikej)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2009, 7:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-mysql-with-macports/171974/1 "2009-07-12T19:45:31Z")
Not sure if this is off topic, but there doesn’t seem to be an obvious place to ask this question. I am trying to use MacPorts to install mysql. I have xcode 3.0 and x11 XQuartz 2.1.6 installed. $PATH: /opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/ local/bin:/usr/X11/bi When I sudo port install mysql5-server I receive: —\> Configuring mysql5 Error: Target org.macports.configure returned: configure failure: shell command " cd “/opt/local/var/macports/build/ \_opt\_local\_var\_macports\_sources\_rsync.macports.org\_release\_ports\_databases\_mysql5/ work/mysql-5.0.83” && ./configure --prefix=/opt/local --mandir=/opt/ local/share/man --infodir=/opt/local/share/info --localstatedir=/opt/ local/var/db/mysql5 --libdir=/opt/local/lib/mysql5 --bindir=/opt/local/ lib/mysql5/bin --includedir=/opt/local/include/mysql5 --datadir=/opt/ local/share/mysql5 --sysconfdir=/opt/local/etc/mysql5 --with-zlib-dir=/ opt/local --with-openssl=/opt/local --with-extra-charsets=complex – with-federated-storage-engine --with-unix-socket-path=/opt/local/var/ run/mysql5/mysqld.sock --with-mysqld-user=mysql --without-bench – enable-thread-safe-client --without-readline " returned error 77 Command output: checking build system type… i386-apple-darwin9.7.0 checking host system type… i386-apple-darwin9.7.0 checking target system type… i386-apple-darwin9.7.0 checking for a BSD-compatible install… /usr/bin/install -c checking whether build environment is sane… yes checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p… ./install-sh -c -d checking for gawk… no checking for mawk… no checking for nawk… no checking for awk… awk checking whether make sets $(MAKE)… yes checking “character sets”… default: latin1, collation: latin1\_swedish\_ci; compiled in: latin1 latin1 utf8 big5 cp1250 cp932 eucjpms euckr gb2312 gbk latin1 latin2 sjis tis620 ucs2 ujis utf8 checking whether to compile national Unicode collations… yes checking whether build environment is sane… yes checking whether make sets $(MAKE)… (cached) yes checking for gawk… (cached) awk checking for gcc… /usr/bin/gcc-4.0 checking for C compiler default output file name… configure: error: in `/opt/local/var/macports/build/ _opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_databases_mysql5/ work/mysql-5.0.83': configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables See`config.log’ for more details. Error: The following dependencies failed to build: mysql5 Error: Status 1 encountered during processing. In fact I get the error: Error: Target org.macports.configure returned: configure failure whenever I use MacPorts. A ---
**Author:** ![mikej](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/a9a28c/32.png) [@mikej](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mikej)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2009, 6:55am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-mysql-with-macports/171974/2 "2009-07-13T06:55:02Z")
Hi, have you tried reinstalling xcode? Or even better, upgrade to latest and greatest xcode? Cheers! Arzumy ---
**Author:** ![mikej](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/a9a28c/32.png) [@mikej](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mikej)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2009, 12:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-mysql-with-macports/171974/3 "2009-07-13T12:08:10Z")
Yes, I’ve tried upgrading and reinstalling Xcode. Still the same problem, Mike ---
**Author:** ![mikej](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/a9a28c/32.png) [@mikej](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mikej)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2009, 4:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-mysql-with-macports/171974/4 "2009-07-13T16:37:02Z")
On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 6:07 AM, mikej[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Yes, I’ve tried upgrading and reinstalling Xcode. Still the same > problem, Not a direct answer to your problem, but… Until recently I was using the macports version of mysql, and was frustrated by things like the OS X MySql preference pane not working. A few days ago, my buddy (who happens to be one of the sysops at 37signals) had me install mysql using one of the binary packages available from the mysql site (e.g. [http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/mac-os-x-installation.html](http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/mac-os-x-installation.html)) After a few adjustments (e.g. the package installs under /usr/local instead of /opt/local) I’m liking it. – Rick DeNatale Blog: [http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/](http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/) Twitter: [http://twitter.com/RickDeNatale](http://twitter.com/RickDeNatale) WWR: [http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/9021-rick-denatale](http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/9021-rick-denatale) LinkedIn: [http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickdenatale](http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickdenatale)