The first thing I’ve run into is “how to get rid of an already existing install of MySql on Mac OS/X”. Seems like it would be simple. Guess I thought wrong. I finally found this set of steps: http://akrabat.com/computing/uninstalling-mysql-on-mac-os-x-leopard/
I’m trying to remove MySql because XAMPP is a complete suite of tools bundled together and controlled with a simple panel. XAMPP has been around for some time and is great for setting up a LAMP (Linux, Mysql, PHP) development environment.