Very Simple Homebrew MySQL and Rails - The Able Few BlogInstall Homebrew ruby -e "$(curl -fsS http://gist.github.com/raw/436471/install_homebrew.rb)" Install Xcode http://developer.apple.com/technologies/xcode.html Install GIT brew install git Install MySQL brew install mysql Initialize MySQL Install Databases mysql_install_db Tell MySQL how to behave Place this in /etc/my.cnf [mysqld] #Max packetlength to send/receive from to server. max_allowed_packe
