mysql55 no longer ships with startup script for MacPorts

[Jeremy Lavergne]

> I used these instructions for installing mysql -->   http://matthewcarriere.com/2008/04/02/installing-mysql-on-mac-os-x-leopard-using-macports/

From 2008?

> The only thing I changed was mysql5 to mysql55 .
> 
> sudo port selfupdate
> sudo port install mysql55 +server

Running `port variants mysql55` reveals there is no server variant.
You probably want the port mysql55-server.

> When I got to the step to install the startup script, there was no startup script to install.
> Brad-Allisons-Mac-Pro-2:local ballison$ sudo launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.mysql5.plist
> Password:
> launchctl: Couldn't stat("/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.mysql5.plist"): No such file or directory nothing found to load

You can use MacPorts to handle the loading and unloading of its plists (that way it shuts down a program when it goes to upgrade it):
sudo port load mysql55-server

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