Installing MySQL from DMG on Mac (and the few commands to make it work on the command line)

Cory O'Daniel — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:30:08 +0000

When you install mysql from the DMG on Mac OS X, it leaves a few things missing. Mysql binaries are missing from the path, and the sock file is being looked for in the wrong place by default.

Here is a quick fix:

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echo "export PATH=/usr/local/mysql/bin:\$PATH" >> ~/.bash_login;
sudo mkdir -p /opt/local/var/run/mysql5;
sudo ln -s /tmp/mysql.sock /opt/local/var/run/mysql5/mysqld.sock;

Yay, now you can rock out with your bad self.

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Installing MySQL from DMG on Mac (and the few commands to make it work on the command line)