Install MySQL Utilities on OSX 10.11 El Capitan

Question

It is required to use mysqldbcopy , which is part of MySQL Utilities. The latest version (mysql-utilities-1.5.6-osx10.9.dmg) seems to refer to Mavericks, and trying to use it leads to a warning: "This package is not compatible with this version of OS X and may not work." Spoiler warning, it is not installed.

I found these instructions that seem promising:

• You need to install Connector / Python on your system. Download it here: http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/python/
• Download the MySQL Utilities source code by selecting “Source Code” in “Choose Platform” at http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/utilities/
• Follow the instructions for installing MySQL Utilities from the source: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql-utilities/1.5/en/mysql-utils-install-source.html

I have Python installed, but a little unclear about step 2. Download options for the source code download list only have options for Windows and several Linux features. Does anyone know which one to use?

Answer 1

I was able to install MySQL Utilities from source code. The downloads listed for the "source code" platform were tagged as "Independent Architecture", so I decided it didn't matter which one I used.

• You need to install Connector / Python on your system. Download it here: http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/python/
• Download the MySQL Utilities source code by selecting “Source Code” in “Choose Platform” at http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/utilities/ .
  • I downloaded the Windows distribution and unpacked it.
• From terminal:
  • $ cd path/to/unzipped/mysql-utilities-1.5.6
  • $ python ./setup.py build
  • $ sudo python ./setup.py install

To make everything look great, mysqldbcopy now available. I forgot that I had to close and reopen the terminal, but depending on your setup, you might have to do this.