To move a MySQL 5.x database from one machine to another, follow these steps.
On the source machine, type this:
mysqldump -u root db_development > backup.sql
After copying backup.sql to the destination machine, type this (assuming the database doesn't already exist there):
mysqladmin -u root -p create db_development
mysql -u root -D db_development < backup.sql
References
I used these web pages as inspiration, but it seems that things have gotten out of date.