2 mysql instances in MAC

i recently switched to mac. first and foremost i installed xampp. then for django-python-mysql connectivity, i "somehow" ende开发者_开发百科d up installing a seperate MySQL. now the seperate mysql installation is active all the time and the Xampp one doesnt switch on unless i kill the other one.

what i wanted to know is it possible to make xampp work with the seperate mysql installation? because that way i wouldnt have to tinker around with the mysqlDB adapter for python?

any help would be appreciated.

You could change the listening port of one of the installations and they shouldn't conflict anymore with each other.

Update: You need to find the mysql configuration file my.cnf of the server which should get a new port (the one from xampp should be somewhere in the xampp folder). Find the line port=3306 in the [mysqld] section. You could change it to something like 3307.

You will also need to specify the new port when connecting to the server from your applications.