I had an old instalation of MySQL but it wasn't working very well.. so i googled how to completley remove it and found this: http://tomkeur.net/39/how-to-remove-mysql-completely-mac-os-x-leopard.html and then did: sudo rm /usr/local/mysql sudo rm -rf /usr/local/mysql* sudo rm -rf /Library/StartupItems/MySQLCOM sudo rm -rf /Library/PreferencePanes/My* sudo rm -rf /Library/Receipts/mysql* sudo rm -rf /Library/Receipts/MySQL* And now i'm getting this on a new install:![The Instalation Failed][1] i also ran this commands: sudo rm /var/db/dslocal/nodes/Default/groups/_mysql.plist sudo rm /var/db/dslocal/nodes/Default/users/_mysql.plist sudo rm /var/db/receipts/com.mysql.mysql.bom sudo rm /var/db/receipts/com.mysql.mysql..plist any help on this? Many Thanks, Mr. Nizzle. UPDATE Installer Error Log Says: <pre> <code> Apr 13 00:18:31 nizzlesmymac installd[3203]: PackageKit: Install Failed: PKG: post-flight scripts for "com.mysql.mysql" Error Domain=PKInstallErrorDomain Code=112 UserInfo=0x101e45ac0 "An error occurred while running scripts from the package ‚`mysql-5.5.11-osx10.6-x86_64.pkg`." { NSFilePath = "./postflight"; NSLocalizedDescription = "An error occurred while running scripts from the package "mysql-5.5.11-osx10.6-x86_64.pkg"."; NSURL = "file://localhost/Volumes/mysql-5.5.11-osx10.6-x86_64/mysql-5.5.11-osx10.6-x86_64.pkg"; PKInstallPackageIdentifier = "com.mysql.mysql"; } </code> </pre> UPDATE this is the full Installation Error Log: http://pastie.org/1791314 [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/pMMf3.png