I am trying to find a way by which I can start and stop MAMP PRO's Apache and mysql using command line.
So far whatever I have search has only helped me start MAMP PRO.
Thanks.
As of at least MAMP 3.0.6, the following works for both Free and Pro versions:
Open MAMP Pro or Free, depending on the one you use:
Pro:
open /Applications/MAMP\ PRO/MAMP\ PRO.app/
Free:
open /Applications/MAMP/MAMP.app/
Then, cd into MAMP/bin:
cd /Applications/MAMP/bin
To start Apache & MySQL:
./start.sh
To stop Apache & MySQL:
./stop.sh
Note that you might need to sudo the commands above.
After much trial and error:
Note that I have my ports set to the application's respective defaults (Apache: 80, MySQL: 3306), and as such these commands reflect that, AND you must use sudo with Apache (which you will in MAMP as well if you're using port 80).
Apache
sudo /Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/httpd -f "/Library/Application Support/appsolute/MAMP PRO/conf/httpd.conf" -k start
sudo /Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/httpd -f "/Library/Application Support/appsolute/MAMP PRO/conf/httpd.conf" -k stop
sudo /Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/httpd -f "/Library/Application Support/appsolute/MAMP PRO/conf/httpd.conf" -k restart
MySQL
To start MySQL:
sh -c '/Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/mysqld_safe --defaults-file=/Applications/MAMP/tmp/mysql/my.cnf --port=3306 --socket=/Applications/MAMP/tmp/mysql/mysql.sock --user=alex --pid-file=/Applications/MAMP/tmp/mysql/mysql.pid --log-error=/Applications/MAMP/logs/mysql_error_log.err --tmpdir=/Applications/MAMP/tmp/mysql/tmpdir --datadir=/Library/Application\ Support/appsolute/MAMP\ PRO/db/mysql &'
(for some reason you must hit enter again to regain your prompt)
To stop MySQL:
sh -c '/Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/mysqladmin -u root -proot --socket=/Applications/MAMP/tmp/mysql/mysql.sock shutdown'
As a bonus, the indicators in the MAMP PRO.app GUI show the correct status of these apps in real time, so you can continue to rely on that.
I have MAMP PRO v2.0.3.
http://pastebin.com/avn0BFap
Save the script and give executable rights such as: chmod +x start.sh
Then use it like ./start.sh Start or ./start.sh Stop or ./start.sh Restart
Best Solution for MAMP 3 on OSX
(should work for MAMP Pro as well).
Look inside of the folder:
/Applications/MAMP/Library/bin
You'll see the scripts used for starting and stoping Apache & MySQL.
Look inside any of the scripts:
start.sh or stop.sh or startApache.sh etc
You will see that they use the program:
apachectl
You can use the restart command with apachectl. So, just set-up an alias in your ~/.bash_rc file:
alias rap='sudo /Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/apachectl restart'
rap is the acronym I gave for 'Restart Apache'. Presto! One step from the command line without having to open the MAMP application. Use the same logic if you want to set this up for MySQL.
To start it on MAMP pro version 4 it's
/Applications/MAMP\ PRO/MAMP\ PRO.app/Contents/MacOS/MAMP\ PRO cmd startServers
To stop it it's
/Applications/MAMP\ PRO/MAMP\ PRO.app/Contents/MacOS/MAMP\ PRO cmd stopServers
Sadly
Based on the advice given here
"https://deliciousbrains.com/automating-local-wordpress-site-setup-scripts-part-3-automating-rest"
And found then discovered - it's HIDDEN in the documentation right here.
https://documentation.mamp.info/en/MAMP-PRO-Mac/How-Tos/General/CreateHostDatabaseCommandLine
Nearly the same with MAMP Pro 5:
/Applications/MAMP\ PRO.app/Contents/MacOS/MAMP\ PRO cmd stopServers
start:
/Applications/MAMP\ PRO.app/Contents/MacOS/MAMP\ PRO cmd startServers
If you are using MAMP PRO there is an easier way to stop MySQL.
MAMP PRO creates a shell script in your Library folder. If you've changed the password for the root user (which you should), the updated password will also be reflected in the script. The file can be found at:
~/Library/Application Support/appsolute/MAMP PRO/stopMysql.sh
In order to type that on the command line you need to escape the spaces by adding a backslash in front of them like the command below.
Stop MySQL Shell Script for MAMP PRO
~/Library/Application\ Support/appsolute/MAMP\ PRO/stopMysql.sh
The other thing that I found on my system was that the file didn't have the execute bit set on it. I cheated and used Path Finder to set the file as executable but you can easily find information about how to do it through the command line with chmod.
Unfortunately I can't find a proper start script created by MAMP PRO. I wanted to find something simple to use for the start command in MySQLWorkbench but for now I just left it blank because the default MAMP script does not work. I may create a script based on the helpful commands Astockwell posted in response to this question.
I found /Applications/MAMP PRO/MAMP PRO.app/Contents/Resources/MAMP.startup, which works for me in MAMP PRO, with custom ports.
Just run
/Applications/MAMP PRO/MAMP PRO.app/Contents/Resources/MAMP.startup start
or
/Applications/MAMP PRO/MAMP PRO.app/Contents/Resources/MAMP.startup stop
etc.
Simple way would be to shut down and restart the application, MAMP PRO will start and stop Apache and MySQL.
start MAMP PRO
open -a MAMP\ PRO
stop MAMP PRO
osascript -e 'quit app "MAMP PRO"'
For MAMP Pro 5 use
sudo /Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/apachectl -f"/Library/Application Support/appsolute/MAMP PRO/conf/httpd.conf" -k restart
remember, you must use sudo
For MAMP5.5, search for this script file in your MAMP bin folder: startMysql.sh
It would have few lines:
#!/bin/sh
/Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/mysqld_safe --port=8889
--socket=/Applications/MAMP/tmp/mysql/mysql.sock --pid-file=/Applications/MAMP/tmp/mysql/mysql.pid --log-error=/Applications/MAMP/logs/mysql_error_log &
Copy Paste the entire command on your OSX shell and just press enter, your Mysql server would start.
Open a new shell and start using Mysql from command line.
Related
I know similar questions exist, such as MySQL with MAMP does not work with OSX Yosemite 10.10. However, I do have MAMP, nor XAMPP installed on my computer.
When I try to start mySQL from the PrefPane, nothing happens.
When I try to start mqSQL from the command line via sudo /usr/local/mysql/support-files/mysql.server start I get:
Starting MySQL . ERROR! The server quit without updating PID file
(/usr/local/mysql/data/adamg.local.pid).
Any and all help would be appreciated. I can supply any file output necessary.
Open a terminal:
Check MySQL system pref panel, if it says something along the line "Warning, /usr/local/mysql/data is not owned by 'mysql' or '_mysql'
If yes, go to the mysql folder cd /usr/local/mysql
do a sudo chown -R _mysql data/
This will change ownership of the /usr/local/mysql/data and all of its content to own by user '_mysql'
Check MySQL system pref panel, it should be saying it's running now, auto-magically. If not start again.
Another way to confirm is to do a
netstat -na | grep 3306
It should say:
tcp46 0 0 *.3306 *.* LISTEN
To see the process owner and process id of the mysqld:
ps aux | grep mysql
Long story short you need to create a launch file. So, from Terminal:
sudo vi /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.mysql.mysql.plist
(If you are not familiar with vi, then press i to start inserting text)
This should be the content of your file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>KeepAlive</key>
<true />
<key>Label</key>
<string>com.mysql.mysqld</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld_safe</string>
<string>--user=mysql</string>
</array>
</dict>
</plist>
press esc then : wq!enter
Then you need to give the file the right permissions and set it to load on startup.
sudo chown root:wheel /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.mysql.mysql.plist
sudo chmod 644 /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.mysql.mysql.plist
sudo launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.mysql.mysql.plist
And that is it.
In my case I fixed it doing a little permission change:
sudo chown -R _mysql:_mysql /usr/local/var/mysql
sudo mysql.server start
I hope it helps somebody else...
Note: As per Mert Mertin comment:
For el capitan, it is sudo chown -R _mysql:_mysql /usr/local/var/mysql
Solved by installing the latest mySQL release, following the instructions here http://coolestguidesontheplanet.com/get-apache-mysql-php-phpmyadmin-working-osx-10-10-yosemite/
EDIT
As Yosemite gets more popular, more people are stumbling on this question. The answer above has to do with upgrading MySQL, so that it runs. The answer linked by #doc in the comments has to do with getting MySQL to start automatically. These are 2 separate issues.
Execute the following commands from command line...
sudo launchctl load -F /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.oracle.oss.mysql.mysqld.plist
sudo launchctl unload -F /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.oracle.oss.mysql.mysqld.plist
and then start the mysql server using
sudo /usr/local/mysql/support-files/mysql.server start
The .pid is the processid of the running mysql server instance. It appears in the data folder when mysql is running and removes itself when mysql is shutdown.
If the OSX operating system is upgraded and mysql is not shutdown properly before the upgrade,mysql quits when it started up it just quits because of the .pid file.
There are a few tricks you can try, http://coolestguidesontheplanet.com/mysql-error-server-quit-without-updating-pid-file/ failing these a reinstall is needed.
You just need to create the user mysql (mysql installation script creates _mysql)
sudo vipw
duplicate line that contains _mysql
Change for the duplicated line _mysql to mysql
sudo /usr/local/mysql/support-files/mysql.server start
Starting MySQL
.. SUCCESS!
The re-install fixed it because the installer created a new MySQL instance and the symbolic link to /usr/local/mysql now points to a data directory that does not have an existing pid.
It's worth noting that the mysql prefpane and mysql.server script use the hostname for the pid, so changing the hostname may cause issues with the this.
While the prefpane is out of date, it's a nice GUI for someone to start/stop MySQL even if the auto-start function doesn't work.
I've taken a hybrid approach where I've adapted my MySQL install script to use Launchd to auto-start MySQL, but the plist actually calls the mysql.server script. This way the prefpane can still be used to start/stop MySQL on demand, and trying to do a simple MySQL restart won't be too confusing.
Here is script that just enables this Launchd behavior on Yosemite with MySQL already installed:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MacMiniVault/Mac-Scripts/master/mmvMySQL/YosemiteLaunchd.sh
Here is the script that handles the entire automated installation of MySQL:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MacMiniVault/Mac-Scripts/master/mmvMySQL/mmvmysql.sh
You will sometimes miss previous data if you try to install new version.. Please use the following in your terminal and I guarantee that mySql will start running in no time..
sudo /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/bin/mysql.server start
Remember, it will ask for your Machine password and not mysql password..
I’ve got a similar problem with MySQL on a Mac (Mac Os X Could not startup MySQL Server. Reason: 255 and also “ERROR! The server quit without updating PID file”). After a long trial and error process, finally in order to restore the file permissions, I’ve just do that:
* launch the Disk Utilities.app
* choose my drive on the left panel
* click on the “Repair disk permissions” button
This did the trick for me.
Hoping this can help someone else.
Try this:
sudo mysqld_safe &
Way simplest: copy and paste this into Terminal (but be sure to read more first):
bash <(curl -Ls http://git.io/eUx7rg)
This will install and configure everything automagically. The script is provided by MacMiniVault and is available on Github. More information about the mySQL install script on http://www.macminivault.com/mysql-yosemite/.
you want fix it can edit file "/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/xampp" with TextEdit.
Look for text "$XAMPP_ROOT/bin/mysql.server start > /dev/null &"
And add "unset DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH" on top of it. It should look like:
unset DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH
$XAMPP_ROOT/bin/mysql.server start > /dev/null &
hope can help you
None of the above worked.. but installing a new version of MySQL did the trick.
2 steps solved my problem:
1) Delete "/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.mysql.mysql.plist"
2) Restart Yosemite
I usually start mysql server by typing
$ mysql.server start
without sudo. But in error I type sudo before the command. Now I have to remove the error file to start the server.
$ sudo rm /usr/local/var/mysql/`hostname`.err
My Mac decided to restart itself randomly; causing a whole slew of errors. One of which, was mysql refusing to start up properly. I went through many SO questions/answers as well as other sites.
Ultimately what ended up resolving MY issue was this:
1) Creating the file (/usr/local/mysql/data/.local.pid
2) chmod 777 on that file
3) executing mysql.server start (mine was
located in/usr/local/bin/mysql.server)
Same happened to me! So I tried to startup again after I had terminated the running mysql application, and that worked!
Is it possible to upgrade the MAMP MySQL library to 5.6 ?
Or I'll need to install MySQL natively (Lion) ?
If someone could point me in the right direction...
Thanks!
The latest MAMP has MySQL 5.5.9. Given the occasional wonkiness of MAMP and general lack of support, I'd be hesitant to mess about with it internally to upgrade it.
However, there's nothing wrong with disabling the MySQL that comes with it, installing 5.6 separately, then pointing it at the MAMP MySQL data files. You'll need to remember to run the upgrade script that comes with MySQL, so probably best to take a copy of the MAMP data first and move it to the data folder of the new MySQL install.
The only reason to use MAMP in the first place is that messing about with the built in copy of Apache can make file sharing stop working, so it's easier to use MAMP instead on a different port, but this doesn't apply to MySQL so you should be OK.
It is possible. I have it running. Install MySQL
http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/
Download the Mac version
Then change your mysql.sock in MAMP to the new one
mv /Applications/MAMP/tmp/mysql/mysql.sock /Applications/MAMP/tmp/mysql/mysql.sock.back
ln -s /var/mysql/mysql.sock /Applications/MAMP/tmp/mysql/mysql.sock
Restart MAMP
Found a solution on gist and modified it a bit:
#!/bin/sh
wget http://cdn.mysql.com/Downloads/MySQL-5.6/mysql-5.6.22-osx10.9-x86_64.tar.gz
tar xfvz mysql-5.6*
rm mysql-5.6.22-osx10.9-x86_64.tar.gz
echo "stopping mamp"
sudo /Applications/MAMP/bin/stop.sh
sudo killall httpd mysqld
echo "creating backup"
sudo rsync -a /Applications/MAMP ~/Desktop/MAMP-Backup
echo "copy bin"
sudo rsync -av mysql-5.6.*/bin/* /Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/ --exclude=mysqld_multi --exclude=mysqld_safe
echo "copy share"
sudo rsync -av mysql-5.6.*/share/* /Applications/MAMP/Library/share/
echo "fixing access (workaround)"
sudo chmod -R o+rw /Applications/MAMP/db/mysql/
sudo chmod -R o+rw /Applications/MAMP/tmp/mysql/
echo "starting mamp"
sudo /Applications/MAMP/bin/start.sh
echo "migrate to new version"
/Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/mysql_upgrade -u root --password=root -h 127.0.0.1
https://gist.github.com/tobi-pb/b9426db51f262d88515c
If everything worked, you have to delete the mySQL backup on your desktop. You can check the current mySQL-Version by executing the following command on your local server:
SHOW VARIABLES LIKE "%version%"
Download the official script by MAMP to update your MySQL to 5.6.12
http://blog-en.mamp.info/2015/07/how-to-use-mysql-5-6-with-mamp-and-mamp.html
For those of you who absolutely require MySQL 5.6 to be part of their development environment - maybe you are a Magento developer - we have released a shell script that updates the MySQL component of MAMP and MAMP PRO to v5.6. The script requires at least MAMP and MAMP PRO 3.3, older versions are untested.
Since MAMP 4.x is released, just use that version / upgrade your existing MAMP installation. MySQL 5.6 is already included.
I'm currently trying to get MySQL working on OSX 10.7 Lion. I tried the brew way:
brew install mysql
-> cmake -> no problems
-> make -> no problems
-> make install -> no problems
-> done
unset TMPDIR
mysql_install_db --verbose --user=`whoami` --basedir="$(brew --prefix mysql)" --datadir=/usr/local/var/mysql --tmpdir=/tmp
Installing MySQL system tables...
/usr/local/bin/mysql_install_db: line 428: 15397 Done { echo "use mysql;"; cat $create_system_tables $fill_system_tables; }
15398 Done(141) | eval "$filter_cmd_line"
15401 Segmentation fault: 11 | $mysqld_install_cmd_line > /dev/null
Installation of system tables failed! Examine the logs in
/usr/local/var/mysql for more information.
Did anyone get mysql to run on Lion?
You can download a MySQL installer as a DMG file, complete with an installer, system preferences pane and a startup script directly from MySQL. Go to MySQL's community server download page, select Mac OS X as the platform and pick the DMG file.
You can skip the registration form (there a little link under the signup form) and you should be on your way.
Once the file is downloaded, double-click on the DMG, launch the installer and complete the installation. After that, install the startup script using its installer and finally the preferences pane by double-clicking on it. I highly recommend choosing to install it for all users on the computer.
You'll find this way much easier than compiling from source.
You should check out Sequel Pro if you need a great OS X tool to manage your MySQL databases.
A drop in replacement for mysql is mariadb. You can install with 'brew install mariadb'. It builds on Lion.
Existing mysql drivers and clients just work. I'm using it with python-mysql and django.
It's even called mysql so you won't even know the difference.
Ha! Got it!
First... download mysql-5.6.2 here: http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mirror.php?id=402349#mirrors ... once finished, untar the file and do this:
mv path/to/mysql-5.6.2-m5-osx10.6-x86_64 /usr/local/mysql
echo "PATH=\$PATH:/usr/local/mysql/bin" >> ~/.profile
# open a new tab
cd /usr/local/mysql #this is essential!
./scripts/mysql_install_db
mysqld_safe &
mysql -uroot
works for me :)
You need to set up your path environment too, and it's also good practise to set a root password while you're at it. I've created a full step-by-step here: How to install MySQL on Lion (Mac OS X )
All,
I was having issues with connecting to my DB through Tomcat, yet could through the MySql tool. Tomcat was accessing it through the actual IP of my machine (10.0.x.x) instead of through localhost or 127.0.0.1. Turns out that when I migrated from SL to Lion, remote connections were disabled. Once I enabled them, it worked fine.
Hopefully this helps someone.
I had MySQL installed already, but after upgrading to Lion it would no longer start.
I tried installing the latest official version and it still wouldn't start.
Finally, this fixed it:
$ sudo mkdir /var/log/mysql
$ sudo chown mysql:mysql /var/log/mysql
I've got a vanilla install of XAMPP in OS X. How can I access the mysql command line tool? I've tried typing "mysql" at the command line, and it spits back "-bash: mysql: command not found".
XAMPP is installed in Mac OS X in the following directory:
/Applications/XAMPP/
You can look what's inside that directory and run mysql command line tool providing the full path to it:
$ /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/bin/mysql
If you need, you can modify your PATH environment variable to include XAMPP binaries and you won't need to specify the whole path all the time.
Open your .profile file in Mac. This can be done by entering the terminal and typing
pico ~/.profile
Add the following line to your ./profile file. Replace the path where you installed Xampp, however by default this is the route and should work:
export PATH=/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/Applications/xampp/xamppfiles/bin:$PATH
Open a new terminal window (Recommendation is to quit all terminal windows and then reopen) and type:
mysql
That is all, isn't easy!!
Before using the mysql command, make sure that you start up the server first by running
$ mysql.server start
Then you will be able to use the commands mysqladmin and mysql.
To shut it down, run
$ mysql.server stop
and to restart just use
$ mysql.server restart
Very intuitive.
Open terminal and Follow this bellow step to add mysql to your mac environmental variable
step 1:
sudo nano ~/.bash_profile
step 2:
export PATH=/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/Applications/xampp/xamppfiles/bin:$PATH
save it by control+x and then y and hit return. That's it!! now close the terminal and reopen
mysql --version
this will tell you which MySQL version you are using with xampp
Since I cannot comment on the accepted answer by Pablo Santa Cruz - Here's some additional info. If you're going to modify your PATH environment variable to include XAMPP binaries, make sure you add
/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/bin
and not
/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/bin/mysql
to the /etc/paths file. To do this run the command
sudo nano /etc/paths
then add the path to the file. Save using Ctrl+O and exit using Ctrl+X. Quit terminal and open again.
I've googled this and could'nt find anything new and useful for Apple's new OS SnowLeopard.
I wonder if this is my mistake or I do need to do something?
this is what I did:
Downloaded from mysql site:
http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/5.1.html#macosx-dmg
I choose : Mac OS X 10.5 (x86_64)
I run all the packages and installed all of them.
So now I certainly have mysql in
/usr/local/mysql/
But when trying to start it from preferences panel, it is always STOPPED.
When I try to do (in the terminal):
/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql
I got :
-bash: /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql: Bad CPU type in executable
What is wrong here?
Any help would be very appreciated. Thanks
Maybe this answer helps:
mysql5.58 unstart server in mac os 10.6.5
I just installed MySQL 5.5.8 (mysql-5.5.8-osx10.6-x86_64.dmg) on Mac os X 10.6.5 and also had the problem that MySQL was not starting.
After reading this post: http://forums.mysql.com/read.php?11,399397,399606#msg-399606
and editing the file as suggested everything started working.
I also did
sudo chown -R root:wheel /Library/StartupItems/MySQLCOM
after reading
https://discussions.apple.com/message/12820394
since when restarting my Mac OSx 10.6.6 it kept on asking something about not enough privileges. The line above solved that issue.
Now everything is working.
YOU MUST REINSTALL mySQL after upgrading to Snow Leopard and remove any previous versions as well as previous startup from the preference panel.
install 86_64 10.5...I find the others did not work for me.
Download MySQL version Mac OS X 10.5 (x86_64) located at
http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/5.4.html#macosx-dmg
Install startup Item (follow instructions)
Then install the beta version (follow instructions)
If you want the start up in the Preference Panel...install mySQL.prefpane
I find that SQL does not run from the terminal unless you start mySQL
in the preference panel.
Okay... Finally I could install it!
Why? or what I did?
well I am not sure.
first I downloaded and installed the package (I installed all the files(3) from the disk image)
but I couldn't start it. (nor from the preferences panel, nor from the termial)
second I removed it and installed through mac ports.
again, the same thing. could not start it.
Now I deleted it again, installed from the package. (i am not sure if it was the exact same package but I think it is)
Only this time I got the package from another site(its a mirror).
the site:
http://www.mmisoftware.co.uk/weblog/2009/08/29/mac-os-x-10-6-snow-leopard-and-mysql/
and the link:
http://mirror.services.wisc.edu/mysql/Downloads/MySQL-5.1/mysql-5.1.37-osx10.5-x86.dmg
1.- install mysql-5-1.37-osx10.5-x86.pkg
2.- install MySQLStartupItem.pkg
3.- install MySQL.prefpanel
And this time is working fine (even the preferences panel!)
Nothing special, I don't know what happened the first two times.
But thank you all.
Regards.
In order just to get MySQL working again (I haven't yet looked at startup), there is no need to reinstall . I've got my copy working by doing the following:
What you need to do is this:
sudo ln -s /usr/local/mysql-5.0.51a-osx10.5-x86_64 /usr/local/mysql
This creates a symbolic link from the /usr/local/mysql directory to the location where MySQL is. This is critical, because unless you carefully backed up all your databases with mysqldump before running the Leopard upgrade, that's where all your data lives - and restoring it simply from a whole-hard-drive backup is going to be hard.
Now you can go to the right directory and start up mysql:
cd /usr/local/mysql-5.0.51a-osx10.5-x86_64
sudo ./bin/mysqld_safe
You can now do the usual CTRL-Z to get back to the shell. To make sure mysqld is running, type:
sudo ps -A|grep mysql
I got something like this:
1220 ttys000 0:00.02 /bin/sh ./bin/mysqld_safe
1240 ttys000 0:00.39 /usr/local/mysql-5.0.51a-osx10.5-x86_64/bin/mysqld --basedir=/usr/local/mysql-5.0.51a-osx10.5-x86_64 --datadir=/usr/local/mysql-5.0.51a-osx10.5-x86_64/data --user=mysql --pid-file=/usr/local/mysql-5.0.51a-osx10.5-x86_64/data/dkmac-2.home.pid --port=3306 --socket=/tmp/mysql.soc
My copy of mysql now seems to work fine. At the very least, it's good enough to run mysqldump on all my databases, so that if I need to upgrade mysql by other means and dump my data directory, I'm still in good shape.
I'd guess that your iMac isn't 64-bit (you state in another thread it is an original white intel iMac). Try the 32-bit version of MySQL–it should install directly over the 64-bit version, I think.
How to tell if your Intel-based Mac has a 32-bit or 64-bit processor
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3696
First of all can I just say that I really really love the Internet community for all that it does in providing answers to everybody. I don't post a lot but everybody's posting here and on so many boards helped me so much! None of them gave me the right answer mind you, but here is my unique solution to this nightmare of a spending 2 solid days trying to install MySQL 5.5.9 on Snow Leopard 10.6. Skip to bottom for resolution.
Here's what happened.
I had a server crash recently. The server was rebuilt and of course MySQL 5.5.8 didn't work. What a worthless piece. I had 5.1.54 on my other machine. That had been a pain to install as well but not like this.
I had all sorts of issues installing with the dmg from mysql.org, installing mysql5 using macports, uninstalling trying to revert to 5.1.54 (couldn't because I couldn't find the receipt file with that info even though I followed the directions). After rming everything I could find related to mysql and then reinstalling 5.5.8 everything worked! Until I rebooted... ☹ I looked in my system preference mysql pane and found mysql server wasn't starting. (skip to end for resolution)
My first error (super common) included:
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysql.sock'
and numerous other EXTREMELY common issues related to mysql.sock
http://forums.mysql.com/read.php?11,9689,13272
Here were things I tried:
1)Create /etc/my.cnf file with the proper paths to mysql.sock. I even tried modifying mysql.server with vi directly. Modifying the php.ini was worthless. Nothing worked because MySQL wasn't starting, therefore it wasn't creating mysql.sock in the first place. Maybe you can point to the directory it is being created, and not the actual full file path i.e. not /tmp/mysql.sock but /tmp It was suggested but wasn't working because there was no mysql.sock because mysqld wasn't spawning.
2)Basedir and datadir modifications didn't work because there was no mysql.sock to point too.
Why? Because the mysql daemon wasn't starting. Without anything to start mysqld and thereby create mysql.sock I was doomed. They are an important part of the solution but if you try them and still get errors, you will know why.
3)sudo chown -R root:wheel /Library/StartupItems/MySQLCOM/
didn't solve my problem. I ended up having that folder and all items set to root:wheel though in the end, because it was one of the many things recommended and its working. Maybe it could remain _mysql but wheel works.
4)Copy mysql.sock from another machine. Doesn't work. I had searched and searched my new machine and couldn't find mysql.sock. I was using find / | grep mysql.sock because locate mysql wasn't finding anything. Besides I was trying so many different things it wasn't updating enough to find my new installs. I now like find much more than locate, even though you can update the locate db.
Anyhow you can't copy mysql.sock, even if you tar it because its a 0 byte file.
THE RESOLUTION: I finally stumbled onto the solution. I finally just typed mysqld from command line while I was in the proper bin directory. It said another process was running. _mysql was spawning a process that I could see in the Activity Monitor. I killed the active mysql process and when I typed mysqld again I found it was creating my mysql.sock file in the /private/tmp/mysql.sock
The mysql pref pane wouldn't start the right process on login, so I just disabled that for being worthless. It wouldn't start mysql because no mysql.sock was being created.
By then I had figured out that mysqld creates mysql.sock. I then found /opt/local/mysql/ and typed "open bin" in the terminal window. This opened the directory with mysqld in it.
I went to login items in the system preferences in my account settings and dragged and dropped the mysqld file onto the startup items there. THAT worked. Finally!
It works flawlessly because mysqld is starting up at login, which means mysql.sock is being created so no more errors about not being able to find mysql.sock.
open Terminal
cd /usr/local/mysql/support-files
sudo nano mysql.server
Find the lines:
basedir=
datadir=
change them to
basedir=/usr/local/mysql
datadir=/usr/local/mysql/data
Have you considered installing MacPorts 1.8.0 (release candidate), and keeping MySQL up-to-date that way? That will build MySQL for the architecture and OS that you're using, rather than installing a 10.5 version on 10.6.
Along with making sure you install the 64bit version, also check to make sure that the symbolic link of '/usr/local/mysql' is pointing to the correct version of your installation:
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 27B Aug 29 01:24 mysql -> mysql-5.1.37-osx10.5-x86_64
drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102B Aug 29 01:25 mysql-5.1.30-osx10.5-x86
drwxr-xr-x 11 root wheel 374B Aug 29 15:59 mysql-5.1.37-osx10.5-x86_64
drwxr-xr-x 17 root wheel 578B Jul 13 22:06 mysql-5.1.37-osx10.5-x86_64.old
Alos, I found that after my installation, even though I used the pkg file from MySQL various other libraries would not build against the installation. The solution was to follow the steps to build MySQL from source found here. You can manually start it as root with the command:
/usr/loca/mysql/bin/mysqld_safe [whatever options you use]
Now ... to get the preference pane working I did the following:
Installed 64bit version of MySQL Server packet from mysql.com
Moved the package from mysql-5.1.37-osx10.5-x86_64 to mysql-5.1.37-osx10.5-x86_64.old
Did a manual compile and installation of MySQL as per these instructions
Executed the following command:
sudo cp -R /usr/local/mysql-5.1.37-osx10.5-x86_64.old/support-files /usr/local/mysql/.
Opened up the MySQL Preference Pane and tada! it works
I followed the exact same steps as answer #4....frustrating I know, but it finally worked when I installed the beta version and removed everything completely.
Removal help:
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 /private/var/db/receipts/com.mysql*
Then edit /etc/hostconfig and remove the line MYSQLCOM=-YES-
Also go to: /Library/Receipts and look for a file named “InstallHistory.plist”. It’s just a regular property list. Open it and look for the MySQL entry, and delete it.
snow leopard is different to the "old" leopard therefore its not surprising that the sources won' work...
you should probably wait till the official release on friday and oracle might be releasing a properly working sql version soon.
Easiest Solution I've found:
After installing the MySQL package for Mac OS X Snow Leopard (check whether you have a 32bit or 64bit processor). Can always default to the 32bit version to be safe.
Simply click to install the MySQL preferences inside the dmg and when prompted whether to allow access for just you or for the entire system, choose entire system.
This worked great for me.
See this - recreating the symlink may be all you need to do: http://planet-geek.com/archives/2009/09/osx-snow-leopar.html
my apple processor version10.6.3 is error and i can click system preference
Change the following to the file
/usr/local/mysql/support-files/mysql.server the follow lines:
basedir="/usr/local/mysql"
datadir="/usr/local/mysql/data"
and save it.
In the file /etc/rc.common add the follow line at end:
/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld_safe --user=mysql &
I'm not entirely sure why my MySQL installation stopped working but it started trying to run as the incorrect user, as mysql instead of _mysql
Here was my error output:
140422 14:46:14 mysqld_safe Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /usr/local/mysql/data
140422 14:46:14 [Warning] Setting lower_case_table_names=2 because file system for /usr/local/mysql/data/ is case insensitive
140422 14:46:14 [ERROR] Fatal error: Can't change to run as user 'mysql' ; Please check that the user exists!
140422 14:46:14 [ERROR] Aborting
140422 14:46:14 [Note] /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld: Shutdown complete
The fix for me was to edit /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld_safe and set the user line at the top from:
user='mysql'
to
user='_mysql'
That line was on line 25 for me with mysql-5.5.37-osx10.6-x86_64
To completely uninstall on Apple Silicon (M1 or M2
) chip run bellow commands:
brew remove mysql
rm -rf /opt/homebrew/var/mysql
To install it back:
brew install mysql
mysql.server start
mysql -uroot
And can also be run using brew services
brew services start mysql