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Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for mysql5-server.
The raw portfile for mysql5-server 5.1.41 is located here:
http://mysql5-server.darwinports.com/dports/databases/mysql5-server/Portfile
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The mysql5-server Portfile 60732 2009-11-21 07:42:31Z ryandesign macports.org $

PortSystem 1.0

Name: mysql5-server
Version: 5.1.41
set branch [join [lrange [split ${version} .] 0 1] .]
Homepage: http://www.mysql.com/
Category: databases
Platform: darwin
Maintainers: ryandesign
license GPLv2
distfiles

Description: Multithreaded SQL database server

Long Description: MySQL is an open-source, multi-threaded SQL database with a command syntax very similar to mSQL.

depends_run port:mysql5

set major_version [strsed ${version} {s/\..*$//}]
set mysql mysql${major_version}
set libdir ${prefix}/lib/${mysql}
set bindir ${libdir}/bin
set dbdir ${prefix}/var/db/${mysql}
set sysconfdir ${prefix}/etc/${mysql}

if {"darwin" == ${os.platform} && ${os.major} > 8} {
set mysqluser _mysql
} else {
set mysqluser mysql
}

startupitem.create yes
startupitem.name ${mysql}
startupitem.start "${prefix}/share/${mysql}/mysql/mysql.server start"
startupitem.stop "${prefix}/share/${mysql}/mysql/mysql.server stop"

use_configure no

build {}

destroot {
addgroup ${mysqluser}
set gid [existsgroup ${mysqluser}]
adduser ${mysqluser} gid=${gid} realname=MySQL\ Server

xinstall -m 755 -o root -d ${destroot}${prefix}/var/run

xinstall -m 755 -o ${mysqluser} -g ${mysqluser} -d ${destroot}${dbdir} ${destroot}${prefix}/var/log/${mysql} ${destroot}${prefix}/var/run/${mysql}
destroot.keepdirs-append ${destroot}${dbdir} ${destroot}${prefix}/var/log/${mysql} ${destroot}${prefix}/var/run/${mysql}
}

post-install {
ui_msg "******************************************************"
ui_msg "* In order to setup the database, you might want to run"
ui_msg "* sudo -u ${mysqluser} mysql_install_db5"
ui_msg "* if this is a new install"
ui_msg "******************************************************"
}

livecheck.type regex
livecheck.url http://dev.mysql.com/
livecheck.regex "(5\\.1\\.\[0-9\.\]+)"

If you haven't already installed Darwin Ports, you can find easy instructions for doing so at the main Darwin Ports page.
Once Darwin Ports has been installed, in a terminal window and while online, type the following and hit return:

%  cd /opt/local/bin/portslocation/dports/mysql5-server
%  sudo port install mysql5-server  
Password: 

You will then be prompted for your root password, which you should enter. You may have to wait for a few minutes while the software is retrieved from the network and installed for you. Y ou should see something that looks similar to:

--->  Fetching mysql5-server
--->  Verifying checksum for mysql5-server
--->  Extracting mysql5-server
--->  Configuring mysql5-server
--->  Building mysql5-server with target all

--->  Staging mysql5-server into destroot

--->  Installing mysql5-server

- Make sure that you do not close the terminal window while Darwin Ports is working. Once the software has been installed, you can find further information about using mysql5-server with these commands:

%  man mysql5-server
%  apropos mysql5-server
%  which mysql5-server
%  locate mysql5-server

 Where to find more information: