I'm trying to install mysql on MAC OS version 10.11.2 by following the methods in this link,
The following command has been successfully executed,
brew install mysql
but when I type the following command,
mysql_install_db --verbose --user=`whoami` --basedir="$(brew --prefix mysql)" --datadir=/usr/local/var/mysql --tmpdir=/tmp
I get the following error:
mysql_install_db: [ERROR] unknown variable 'tmpdir=/tmp'
2015-12-17 17:35:54 [ERROR] Unrecognized options
Please help. Thanks in advance.
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Remove MySQL completely
ps -ax | grep mysql
stop and kill any MySQL processesbrew remove mysql
brew cleanup
sudo rm /usr/local/mysql
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/var/mysql
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/mysql*
sudo rm ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.mysql.plist
sudo rm -rf /Library/StartupItems/MySQLCOM
sudo rm -rf /Library/PreferencePanes/My*
launchctl unload -w ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.mysql.plist
- edit /etc/hostconfig and remove the line MYSQLCOM=-YES-
rm -rf ~/Library/PreferencePanes/My*
sudo rm -rf /Library/Receipts/mysql*
sudo rm -rf /Library/Receipts/MySQL*
sudo rm -rf /private/var/db/receipts/*mysql*
- edit ~/.bash_profile and remove any aliases for mysql or mysqlAdmin
- restart your computer just to ensure any MySQL processes are killed try to run mysql, it shouldn't work
Reinstall MySQL with Homebrew
brew doctor
brew update
brew install mysql
unset TMPDIR
mysqld -initialize --log-error-verbosity --user=whoami --basedir="$(brew --prefix mysql)" --datadir=/usr/local/var/mysql --tmpdir=/tmp
mysql.server start
brew services start mysql