Errors when trying to test MySQL

[charleskline]

I seem to have gotten MySQL installed ok, but when I try mysql test I get these errors:

[Charles-Klines-Computer:/] root# cd /Library/MySQL/
[Charles-Klines-Computer:/Library/MySQL] root# sudo chown -R mysql /Library/MySQL/*
[Charles-Klines-Computer:/Library/MySQL] root# sudo ./bin/safe_mysqld --user=mysql &
[1] 1255
[Charles-Klines-Computer:/Library/MySQL] root# A mysqld process already exists
mysql test
mysql: Command not found.
[1] + Exit 1 sudo ./bin/safe_mysqld --user=mysql
[Charles-Klines-Computer:/Library/MySQL] root# mysql test
mysql: Command not found.

Any ideas?

[rgsdesigner]

I am having the same type of errors. Any help is apprecated.

[gunshy:/usr/local/mysql] peewee% sudo chown -R mysql /usr/local/mysql/*
[gunshy:/usr/local/mysql] peewee% sudo ./bin/safe_mysqld --user=mysql &
[1] 518
[gunshy:/usr/local/mysql] peewee% A mysqld process already exists
mysql test
mysql: Command not found.
[1] + Exit 1 sudo ./bin/safe_mysqld --user=mysql
[gunshy:/usr/local/mysql] peewee%

[mntamago]

What OS version are you running? I can not recall exactly, but somewhere around 10.1.5 or so I ran into a similar problem. As it turned out, updating my OS have changed my PATH.

Try a ...

which mysql

from somewhere like /usr. You should get...

/usr/local/bin/mysql

... if 1) you have used Marc Liyanage's installation, 2) your PATH has not been screwed up.

To fix my PATH in my case, I edited /etc/csh.login . I added the following:

setenv PATH "/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin"

[cgildenhuys]

"mysql test
mysql: Command not found."

in which directory are you when to try to run this command? I always do a safe_mysqld from the mysql dir which would mean that the mysql command would also be bin/mysql, not just mysql. Else I have the same error, command not found.