Mysql command not found in OS X 10.7
One alternative way is creating soft link in /usr/local/bin
ln -s /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql /usr/local/bin/mysql
But if you need other executables like mysqldump, you will need to create soft link for them.
This is the problem with your $PATH:
/usr/local//usr/local/mysql/bin/private/var/mysql/private/var/mysql/bin.
$PATH is where the shell searches for command files. Folders to search in need to be separated with a colon. And so you want /usr/local/mysql/bin/ in your path but instead it searches in /usr/local//usr/local/mysql/bin/private/var/mysql/private/var/mysql/bin, which probably doesn't exist.
Instead you want ${PATH}:/usr/local/mysql/bin.
So do export PATH=${PATH}:/usr/local/mysql/bin.
If you want this to be run every time you open terminal put it in the file .bash_profile, which is run when Terminal opens.
If you installed MySQL Server and you still get
mysql -u root -p command not found
You're most likely experiencing this because you have an older mac version.
Try this:
in the home directory in terminal open -t .bash_profile
paste export PATH=${PATH}:/usr/local/mysql/bin/ inside and save it
instead of writing mysql -u root -p paste the following in your terminal:
/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql -u root -p
Or use Alias instead of writing the full path
alias mysql=/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql
Enter your password. Now you're in.
I faced the same issue, and finally i got a solution. Please go through with the below steps, if you are using MAMP.
- Start MAMP or MAMP PRO
- Start the server
- Open Terminal (Applications -> Utilities)
- Type in: (one line) /Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/mysql --host=localhost -uroot -proot
This works for me.