MAMP - Upgrade to MySQL 5.6 - mysql

Question

Is it possible to upgrade the MAMP MySQL library to 5.6 ?
Or I'll need to install MySQL natively (Lion) ?
If someone could point me in the right direction...
Thanks!

Answer 1

The latest MAMP has MySQL 5.5.9. Given the occasional wonkiness of MAMP and general lack of support, I'd be hesitant to mess about with it internally to upgrade it.
However, there's nothing wrong with disabling the MySQL that comes with it, installing 5.6 separately, then pointing it at the MAMP MySQL data files. You'll need to remember to run the upgrade script that comes with MySQL, so probably best to take a copy of the MAMP data first and move it to the data folder of the new MySQL install.
The only reason to use MAMP in the first place is that messing about with the built in copy of Apache can make file sharing stop working, so it's easier to use MAMP instead on a different port, but this doesn't apply to MySQL so you should be OK.

Answer 2

It is possible. I have it running. Install MySQL
http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/
Download the Mac version
Then change your mysql.sock in MAMP to the new one
mv /Applications/MAMP/tmp/mysql/mysql.sock /Applications/MAMP/tmp/mysql/mysql.sock.back
ln -s /var/mysql/mysql.sock /Applications/MAMP/tmp/mysql/mysql.sock
Restart MAMP

Answer 3

Found a solution on gist and modified it a bit:
#!/bin/sh
wget http://cdn.mysql.com/Downloads/MySQL-5.6/mysql-5.6.22-osx10.9-x86_64.tar.gz
tar xfvz mysql-5.6*
rm mysql-5.6.22-osx10.9-x86_64.tar.gz
echo "stopping mamp"
sudo /Applications/MAMP/bin/stop.sh
sudo killall httpd mysqld
echo "creating backup"
sudo rsync -a /Applications/MAMP ~/Desktop/MAMP-Backup
echo "copy bin"
sudo rsync -av mysql-5.6.*/bin/* /Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/ --exclude=mysqld_multi --exclude=mysqld_safe
echo "copy share"
sudo rsync -av mysql-5.6.*/share/* /Applications/MAMP/Library/share/
echo "fixing access (workaround)"
sudo chmod -R o+rw /Applications/MAMP/db/mysql/
sudo chmod -R o+rw /Applications/MAMP/tmp/mysql/
echo "starting mamp"
sudo /Applications/MAMP/bin/start.sh
echo "migrate to new version"
/Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/mysql_upgrade -u root --password=root -h 127.0.0.1
https://gist.github.com/tobi-pb/b9426db51f262d88515c
If everything worked, you have to delete the mySQL backup on your desktop. You can check the current mySQL-Version by executing the following command on your local server:
SHOW VARIABLES LIKE "%version%"

Answer 4

Download the official script by MAMP to update your MySQL to 5.6.12
http://blog-en.mamp.info/2015/07/how-to-use-mysql-5-6-with-mamp-and-mamp.html
For those of you who absolutely require MySQL 5.6 to be part of their development environment - maybe you are a Magento developer - we have released a shell script that updates the MySQL component of MAMP and MAMP PRO to v5.6. The script requires at least MAMP and MAMP PRO 3.3, older versions are untested.

Answer 5

Since MAMP 4.x is released, just use that version / upgrade your existing MAMP installation. MySQL 5.6 is already included.