Fail to run MySQL in Mac OSX 10.5.8

Question

my mac is a powerPC. and I have tried both 64 bit and 32 bit version of MySQL.

Both return me "bad CPU type in executable" when I try to do this /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql

I followed all the steps as specified in the mysql official website.

• Well.. I have put my question in superuser.com but that site just too few people .

Answer 1

MySQL dropped support for PowerPC in version 5.1.40

The last version 5.1.40 can be found here

Answer 2

Try to install mysql via brew

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