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I'm trying to install MySQL on OS X.

First I tried MacPorts. I followed the instructions in step 3 of https://trac.macports.org/wiki/howto/MAMP, but when I ran mysqladmin5 or mysql5 I get:

ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/opt/local/var/run/mysql5/mysqld.sock' (61)

The file mysqld.sock existed.

Then I tried installing using a .dmg from mysql.com. (I ran port uninstall mysql5-server first.) Now, I get:

ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock'

How can I fix this? I see that a lot of questions deal with this, but I haven't found a solution that works for me.

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  • You said that the file mysqld.sock exists. What about its permissions? Commented Sep 10, 2011 at 7:03
  • I ran chmod a=rwx mysqld.sock and it made no difference. Commented Sep 10, 2011 at 9:08

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I suspect that you haven't started MySQL server:

ps -ax | grep mysql
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  • The output is "404 ?? 0:00.09 /opt/local/bin/daemondo --label=mysql5 --start-cmd /opt/local/etc/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.mysql5/mysql5.wrapper start ; --stop-cmd /opt/local/etc/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.mysql5/mysql5.wrapper stop ; --restart-cmd /opt/local/etc/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.mysql5/mysql5.wrapper restart ; --pid=none" Commented Sep 10, 2011 at 5:55

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