В кратце описал простой процес установки сервера MySQL.

Для начала обновляем порты. Всегда, прежде чем что то ставить, необходимо обновить порты. После чего начинаем саму установку. На момент установки была доступна версия 5.0.87 MySQL сервера.

12:31 user@localhost [/etc]#cd /usr/ports/databases/mysql50-server/
12:31 user@localhost [/usr/ports/databases/mysql50-server]#make install clean

После окончания установки, необходимо сделать следующее.

12:51 user@localhost [/usr/ports/databases/mysql50-server]#cd ../mysql50-scripts/
12:53 user@localhost [/usr/ports/databases/mysql50-scripts]#make install clean

Во время установки, с собой в нагрузку потянет еще и перл (если он у Вас не установлен). После окончания установки, выполним следующие действия.

13:08 user@localhost [/usr/ports/databases/mysql50-scripts]#rehash
13:10 user@localhost [/usr/ports/databases/mysql50-scripts]#echo ‘mysql_enable=”YES”‘ >> /etc/rc.conf (добавляем MySQL сервер в автозагрузку)
13:10 user@localhost [/usr/ports/databases/mysql50-scripts]#cp /usr/local/share/mysql/my-large.cnf /etc/my.cnf (копируем конфигурационный файл)
13:10 user@localhost [/usr/ports/databases/mysql50-scripts]#vi /etc/my.cnf
[mysqld]
bind-address=127.0.0.1 (разрешаем запуск сервера только на 127.0.0.1, не разрешая подключения к серверу из вне)
13:11 user@localhost [/usr/ports/databases/mysql50-scripts]#/usr/local/etc/rc.d/mysql-server start
Starting mysql.
13:11 user@localhost [/usr/ports/databases/mysql50-scripts]#ps aux | grep mysql
mysql  47782  0.0  0.1  3464  1304  p0  I     1:11PM   0:00.01 /bin/sh /usr/local/bin/mysqld_safe –defaults-extra-file=/var/db/mysql/my.cnf –user=mysql –
mysql  47812  0.0  5.2 330468 53080  p0  I     1:11PM   0:00.17 /usr/local/libexec/mysqld –defaults-extra-file=/var/db/mysql/my.cnf –basedir=/usr/local –d
root   47815  0.0  0.1  2312   976  p0  D+    1:12PM   0:00.00 grep mysql
13:12 user@localhost [/usr/ports/databases/mysql50-scripts]#sockstat | grep mysql
mysql    mysqld     47812 13 tcp4   127.0.0.1:3306        *:*
mysql    mysqld     47812 14 stream /tmp/mysql.sock
13:12 user@localhost [/usr/ports/databases/mysql50-scripts]#

Собственно, сервер запущен. Осталось настроить только к нему доступ.

13:26 user@localhost [/usr/ports/databases/mysql50-scripts]#mysql_secure_installation

NOTE: RUNNING ALL PARTS OF THIS SCRIPT IS RECOMMENDED FOR ALL MySQL
SERVERS IN PRODUCTION USE!  PLEASE READ EACH STEP CAREFULLY!

In order to log into MySQL to secure it, we’ll need the current
password for the root user.  If you’ve just installed MySQL, and
you haven’t set the root password yet, the password will be blank,
so you should just press enter here.

Enter current password for root (enter for none):
OK, successfully used password, moving on…

Setting the root password ensures that nobody can log into the MySQL
root user without the proper authorisation.

Set root password? [Y/n] y
New password:
Re-enter new password:
Password updated successfully!
Reloading privilege tables..
… Success!

By default, a MySQL installation has an anonymous user, allowing anyone
to log into MySQL without having to have a user account created for
them.  This is intended only for testing, and to make the installation
go a bit smoother.  You should remove them before moving into a
production environment.

Remove anonymous users? [Y/n] y
… Success!

Normally, root should only be allowed to connect from ‘localhost’.  This
ensures that someone cannot guess at the root password from the network.

Disallow root login remotely? [Y/n] y
… Success!

By default, MySQL comes with a database named ‘test’ that anyone can
access.  This is also intended only for testing, and should be removed
before moving into a production environment.

Remove test database and access to it? [Y/n] y
- Dropping test database…
… Success!
- Removing privileges on test database…
… Success!

Reloading the privilege tables will ensure that all changes made so far
will take effect immediately.

Reload privilege tables now? [Y/n] y
… Success!

Cleaning up…

All done!  If you’ve completed all of the above steps, your MySQL
installation should now be secure.

Thanks for using MySQL!

13:27 phenix@ns3 [/usr/ports/databases/mysql50-scripts]#

Собственно и все.