Download the MYSQL from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/ Choose Mac OS X 10.10 (x86, 64-bit), DMG Archive (latest) Install the software, easy steps, just Next Next Finish Go to System Preferences and find MySQL. Open it and Start MYSQL Server. If the XAMPP instance is already running, it must be stopped before starting the above one And then the mysql install path should be added to the PATH variable. : vi ~/.bash_profile :export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/mysql/bin