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I'm trying to set up Web Sharing... phpinfo() shows MySQL is installed, but I can't find it. Terminal says "command not found" when I try mysql.

I have no idea what I'm doing, or even if this question makes sense.

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  • I've found this guide on installing MySQL (et al.) to the best of the bunch (and I've followed a few of them over the years): applefritter.com/snowleopard-wordpress Just stop at Wordpress if you don't want it. The rest is quick, painless, and dead simple.
    – user10355
    Commented Dec 23, 2011 at 3:59
  • @cksum Thanks, I installed it and Sequel Pro now works and what not. But when I try mysql [anything] in Terminal, I just get bash: mysql: command not found. Do I have to do something else to enable that? Or, uh, be in a certain directory? I've tried the apache directory & the directory that houses the socket.
    – Toph
    Commented Dec 27, 2011 at 0:09
  • OK, I'm guessing it's a $PATH problem, and in any case I guess you can circumvent it by specifying a full path for the command. Total beginner in all things here. Working on it. :)
    – Toph
    Commented Dec 27, 2011 at 10:23
  • @Toph Edit the file /etc/paths.d/mysql with root priviliges (it probably doesn't exist yet) and put "/usr/local/mysql/bin" as content.
    – Gerry
    Commented Dec 28, 2011 at 1:12
  • Thanks Gerry. [padding so my comment is long enough, ha]
    – Toph
    Commented Dec 28, 2011 at 9:57

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MySQL is not installed by default, even though the included PHP is compiled with MySQL support. Check out this guide for MySQL installation.

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  • @Toph. See also apple.com/opensource which is the list of open-source software that is preinstalled on Mac OS X. As you can see, MySQL is not there, while there are PostgreSQL and SQLite, with the latter only in Mac OS X client version (= not in server version).
    – ignis
    Commented Jan 19, 2012 at 22:22
  • @ignis There is no such thing as a SQLite server :)
    – Gerry
    Commented Jan 20, 2012 at 8:47
  • Yeah, what I meant is "in Mac OS X client version (= not in Mac OS X server version)".
    – ignis
    Commented Jan 20, 2012 at 22:01
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Try opening the terminal, and typing locate mysql.

If you've never used locate before, it will index your drive first; in which case you might need to "sudo locate" and wait five minutes before re-trying.

For the documentation, type man locate and man locate.updatedb.

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