Dec
09
2015
By abernal
In order to install MySQL in OSX, follow this process
Process
1. Download the dmg file from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/
2. Open the dmg file and install it through the installer
3. Start the MySQL server with the next command
sudo /usr/local/mysql/support-files/mysql.server start
4. Add these lines to the .bash_profile within the user´s home directory
alias mysql=/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql alias mysqladmin=/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqladmin
Configuration file my.cnf
1. In order to find the proper location execute the next command
mysql --verbose --help | grep my.cnf
2. Create the my.cnf from as a copy of the file my-default.cnf
/usr/local/mysql/support-files/my-default.cnf
Note
To Start/stop/restart MySql from the command line please use this commands
Start
sudo /usr/local/mysql/support-files/mysql.server start
Stop
sudo /usr/local/mysql/support-files/mysql.server stop
Restart
sudo /usr/local/mysql/support-files/mysql.server restart