Can't get MySQL to work on OS X 10.9 - mysql

Question

I know there are tons of posts about this problem but, I have tried all the solutions I have seen, and none are working. I have been working on this for two days now...it seems like I should be able to get a simple install working. Here are the facts:
I downloaded mysql-5.6.15-osx10.7-x86_64.dmg from the MySQL site. I opened and ran the mysql-5.6.15-osx10.7-x86_64.pkg. Then I went to the command line and tried a long list of commands to start MySQL and NOTHING works.
Here is a list of some of my attempts and their results:
~ $ mysql
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)
~ $ mysqld
2014-01-13 19:52:20 0 [Warning] Using unique option prefix key_buffer instead of key_buffer_size is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Please use the full name instead.
2014-01-13 19:52:20 0 [Warning] Using unique option prefix thread_cache instead of thread_cache_size is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Please use the full name instead.
2014-01-13 19:52:20 0 [Warning] TIMESTAMP with implicit DEFAULT value is deprecated. Please use --explicit_defaults_for_timestamp server option (see documentation for more details).
2014-01-13 19:52:20 953 [Warning] Can't create test file /usr/local/mysql-5.6.15-osx10.7-x86_64/data/rogerknwlessmbp.lower-test
2014-01-13 19:52:20 953 [Warning] Can't create test file /usr/local/mysql-5.6.15-osx10.7-x86_64/data/rogerknwlessmbp.lower-test
mysqld: File './mysql-bin.index' not found (Errcode: 13 - Permission denied)
2014-01-13 19:52:20 953 [ERROR] Aborting
~ $ sudo mysqld
After several warnings about deprecated settings, I got:
2014-01-13 20:27:55 1311 [ERROR] Fatal error: Please read "Security" section of the manual to find out how to run mysqld as root!
2014-01-13 20:27:55 1311 [ERROR] Aborting
2014-01-13 20:27:55 1311 [Note] Binlog end
~ $ sudo /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld_safe
140113 20:30:08 mysqld_safe Logging to '/usr/local/mysql/data/rogerknwlessmbp.err'.
140113 20:30:09 mysqld_safe Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /usr/local/mysql/data
140113 20:30:11 mysqld_safe mysqld from pid file /usr/local/mysql/data/rogerknwlessmbp.pid ended
~ $ sudo /usr/local/mysql/support-files/mysql.server start
Starting MySQL
... ERROR! The server quit without updating PID file (/usr/local/mysql/data/rogerknwlessmbp.pid).
I read one post that said this was a permissions issue, and that the solution was to rebuild permissions using the Disk Utility app in Mac OS X. I have done that with no effect.
Over the past few days, I have tried so many things, I can't keep track but, they all get about the same results. I have tried installing earlier versions, different versions (x86), and on and on. If anyone has a recommendation as to what else I might try I would really appreciate it. I would love to get MySQL working on this machine. It was on my machine and working at one point but, I uninstalled it because of some problems I was having long ago. Now, I can't get it to work.

Answer 1

Thanks for any advice you can give.
I believe socket should link to /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock
You can edit a file that is usually in /etc/mysql/ folder and fine a line starting with socket=
Try putting /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock as a value for this.
I believe you can see a location for mysql.sock by running this command
$ mysqladmin variables | grep socket
If it's /tmp/mysql.sock
you can try sudo ln -s /tmp/mysql.sock /var/mysql/mysql.sock too

Answer 2

Finally! I got it to install and to start.
Essentially, the turning point was viewing the installation logs and working through the errors that were reported there. I had not completely removed all the old files, and one of them was causing an error.
If you are installing onto mac using the .dmg file, you can hit Ctrl+L to view the log file, and identify, specifically, what the problems are.

Answer 3

The MySQL portion of this guide worked for me:
Download the “x86, 64bit” DMG version of MySQL 5.6.x for OS X 10.7
from mysql.com and install the pkg, the startup item and the pref
pane.
Open the pref pane and start the MySQL Server.
Update the path by editing ~/.bash_profile and add:
export PATH=~/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/mysql/bin:$PATH
at top of file.
Set up MySQL root password:
mysqladmin -u root password {new-password}
mysqladmin -u root> -p{new-password} -h localhost password {new-password}
mysqladmin -u root -p{new-password} reload
Clear the history file by typing history -c so that {new-password}
isn’t in plain text on the disk.
Now ensure that the mysql.sock file can be found by PHP: Ensure that
MySQL is running
sudo mkdir /var/mysql sudo ln -s /tmp/mysql.sock /var/mysql/mysql.sock

Answer 4

This answer on StackOverflow explains it pretty well: https://stackoverflow.com/a/15472270/1067124.
Backup your your /usr/local/mysql/data/ folder first
Delete old installation (this will also remove your data!):
sudo rm /usr/local/mysql
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/mysql*
sudo rm -rf /Library/StartupItems/MySQLCOM
sudo rm -rf /Library/PreferencePanes/My*
sudo 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.*
Install MySQL from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/5.1.html
Restore /usr/local/mysql/data/

Answer 5

OS Yosemite and Maverick has been having these issues to DYLD_LIBRAARY PATH
Found here
Please Use this link to view the answer already on stack overflow.

Answer 6

I see someone has given an answer that works in the original poster's case, but as this is such a common problem I thought I'd post the solution I found to the same problem in my own case.
I thought I knew what I was doing as I had successfully installed MySQL (mysql-5.6.15-osx10.7-x86_64.dmg) on two machines running Mavericks following the procedures at https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3082, which also allow you to install Perl drivers. However when I tried on a laptop that had previously been running Snow Leopard (sic) I hit the dreaded error message, and although a mysql directory had been generated at /var/mysql/ no socket was generated there or anywhere else.
The problem must have been caused by the previous version of MySQL I had installed, as the solution was to do a complete uninstall (http://johnmcostaiii.net/2011/removing-mysql-osx-lion/) and then reinstall. So if you have a early version of MySQL installed and you hit this problem, this might be the solution. It worked for me.