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title: "Mac OS X users can install MariaDB via Homebrew"
publish_date: 2011-06-25
author: "MariaDB"
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# Mac OS X users can install MariaDB via Homebrew

The gist of it is, if you’ve installed Mac OS X and you use [Homebrew](http://mxcl.github.com/homebrew/ "Homebrew"), you’ll be pleased to note that you’re just a brew install away for getting a working MariaDB. Yes, that’s right, simply do: brew install mariadb and that’s it — you’ll have MariaDB (currently 5.2.6) installed in no time. For further documentation and a step-by-step guide, visit the [Knowledgebase](http://kb.askmonty.org/ "Knowledgebase") article: [Building MariaDB on Mac OS X using Homebrew](http://kb.askmonty.org/en/building-mariadb-on-mac-os-x-using-homebrew "Building MariaDB on Mac OS X using Homebrew").