I have a new MacBook Pro, with macOS Mojave (iOS 10.14.1).

I downloaded the MySQL Community Server for the Mac, latest version (8.0.13). I opened up the installation package, clicked on it to install.

It walked me through the steps, but I expecting to interact with the configuration section, but I was not prompted for anything, and I got a message that the installation was done.

I thought that at one point, I was going to be prompted to enter root password, etc. It did not happen.

I went to the terminal, and typed mysql. Nothing happened.

Where did the server go, and how do I configure it? It's not in the applications section either (nothing that I can find).

1 Answer

Firstly, you can enter System Preferences > MySQL to start or stop mysql server.

You can run it in the terminal to enter mysql monitor.

/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql -u root -p

root is your username, and type your password, the password was set at the installation process.

You can add it to the system path

cd /usr/local/mysql/bin
vim ~/.bash_profile

Adding

PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/mysql/bin

to the file.

ESC :wq to quit and save it.

Now, you can just type

 mysql -u root -p

There is no GUI tool in what you downloaded, If you want a GUI tool, just google it.

If you installed MySQL before, Configuration will skip during installation. If you forget your root password, see this Reset MySQL Root Password

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