How can I access the mysql command line tool when using XAMPP in OS X?

Question

I've got a vanilla install of XAMPP in OS X. How can I access the mysql command line tool? I've tried typing "mysql" at the command line, and it spits back "-bash: mysql: command not found".

Solution 1

XAMPP is installed in Mac OS X in the following directory:

/Applications/XAMPP/

You can look what's inside that directory and run mysql command line tool providing the full path to it:

$ /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/bin/mysql

If you need, you can modify your PATH environment variable to include XAMPP binaries and you won't need to specify the whole path all the time.

Solution 2

1. Open your .profile file in Mac. This can be done by entering the terminal and typing

   pico ~/.profile
   

2. Add the following line to your ./profile file. Replace the path where you installed Xampp, however by default this is the route and should work:

   export PATH=/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/Applications/xampp/xamppfiles/bin:$PATH
   

3. Open a new terminal window (Recommendation is to quit all terminal windows and then reopen) and type:

   mysql
   

That is all, isn't easy!!

Solution 3

Before using the mysql command, make sure that you start up the server first by running

$ mysql.server start

Then you will be able to use the commands mysqladmin and mysql.

To shut it down, run

$ mysql.server stop

and to restart just use

$ mysql.server restart

Very intuitive.

Solution 4

Open terminal and Follow this bellow step to add mysql to your mac environmental variable

step 1:

sudo nano ~/.bash_profile

step 2:

export PATH=/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/Applications/xampp/xamppfiles/bin:$PATH

save it by control+x and then y and hit return. That's it!! now close the terminal and reopen

mysql --version

this will tell you which MySQL version you are using with xampp

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Comments

[Capy]

After these steps you need logout or run 'source ~/.profile' command to reload your .profile file.

[Erik Kaju]

Together with Capy's comment - great answer!

[Chris Johnson]

@tq, don't type the $ -- that's a stand-in for the bash prompt

[Tristanisginger]

this should be added ~/.profile rather than ~/.bash_profile as it is an enviromental variable and has nowt to do with bash. superuser.com/questions/789448/…

[Berlian]

I've tried all of the recommendation here, but still I got a "command not found: mysql"