Mysql_install_db

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Mysql_install_db

Closed this issue 5 years ago · 2 comments

--tmpdir appears to no longer be an argument for the mysql_install_db command. This causes the command to fail.

Answer 1 · 2017-02-15T00:17:29.000Z

Use this: mysqld -initialize --verbose --user=whoami --basedir="$(brew --prefix mysql)" --datadir=/usr/local/var/mysql --tmpdir=/tmp
Source : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/34345726/brew-install-mysql-on-mac-os-el-capitan

Answer 2 · 2019-03-07T02:28:24.000Z

Thanks for letting me know. In the latest version of this guide (bffbe4b), I've actually replaced MySQL with PostgreSQL in the installation instructions.