During the installation process the installer will prompt you to create a root password. Double-click this to run the installation package. When you download the disk image for MySQL, you can double-click the dmg file to open the installation folder. When selecting the file to download, I strongly suggest you select the DMG form of the MySQL package. Different versions of MySQL are available for different versions of Mac OS X: make sure you select the installer for the version of Mac OS X that your computer uses. Be sure to select Mac OS X from the 'Select Platform' menu on that page. Mac OS X users should start by downloading the MySQL server software from. MySQL offers good support for Java SQL programming.
The Community Edition of MySQL is free software available for all major operating systems and can be freely redistributed. I have chosen the MySQL database server for use in this course.
NetBeans comes with a built-in SQL database system called JavaDB, but is also compatible with a range of other databases. Suggested reading:32.1-32.4 (10th Edition) or 34.1-34.4 (11th Edition) Getting Started with MySQL and NetBeans SQL Tools Installing MySQL and the MySQL Workbench
