I'm trying to get mysqldb running on OSX Lion 10.7.3 and I've installed 64-bit Python, but am having trouble getting the 64-bit version of mysql installed.

I've downloaded and installed the 64-bit dmg file here:
<http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/>

```
Mac OS X ver. 10.6 (x86, 64-bit), DMG Archive       5.5.21  111.7M  

```

I installed the .pkg file in the dmg, the startupitem, and the prefPane files. I added these lines into my .bash\_profile:

```
alias mysql='/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql'

alias mysqladmin='/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqladmin'

```

but when I check the status in mysql:

```
mysql> status;
--------------
/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql  Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.5.21, for osx10.6 (i386) using readline 5.1

```

Why does it say i386, and not x64?

I've even removed mysql using:

```
sudo rm /usr/local/mysql
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/mysql*
sudo rm -rf /Library/StartupItems/MySQLCOM
sudo rm -rf /Library/PreferencePanes/My*
rm -rf ~/Library/PreferencePanes/My*
sudo rm -rf /Library/Receipts/mysql*
sudo rm -rf /Library/Receipts/MySQL*
sudo rm -rf /var/db/receipts/com.mysql.*
sudo vim /etc/hostconfig # and remove the line MYSQLCOM=-YES-

```

and reinstalled the dmg and still the status reads "i386".