Install and Launch MariaDB on Mac OS X

MariaDB is not ready to install from MacPorts. So should we configure from source in the tarball? No. MariaDB team recommends to build with Bazaar. Read these links:

1. Build Environment Setup for Mac
2. Getting the MariaDB Source Code

And there are three more instructions to complete the installation and launch MariaDB.

$ sudo mysql_install_db --user=mysql
$ sudo /usr/local/share/mysql/mysql.server start
$ sudo mysql_secure_installation

That's all.