Hello.
Some tips from the manual could be helpful. See: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/can-not-connect-to-server.html http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/starting-server.html untz wrote: > Hello there, > > I just downloaded the MySQL 5 Community Edition for OS X Tiger... > > Ran the installer and it installed everything to /usr/local/ ... > > Updated my .bash_profile by creating a MYSQL_HOME variable and > appending that MYSQL_HOME/bin to the PATH variable... > > Now, the problem is that when I try to check my installation by typing > "mysql", I receive an ERROR message... > > Here's the problem at hand: > > Raven:~ untz$ mysql > ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket > '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2) > > Here's my .bash_profile: > > Raven:~ untz$ cat .bash_profile > . ~/.profile > AXIS_HOME="/Developer/axis-1_3"; > AXIS_LIB="$AXIS_HOME/lib"; > AXISCLASSPATH="$AXIS_LIB/axis.jar:$AXIS_LIB/commons-discovery.jar: > $AXIS_LIB/commons-logging.jar:$AXIS_LIB/jaxrpc.jar:$AXIS_LIB/saaj.jar: > $AXIS_LIB/log4j-1.2.8.jar:$AXIS_LIB/xml-apis.jar:$AXIS_LIB/ > xercesImpl.jar"; > JAVA_HOME="/System/Library/frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.5.0/ > Home"; > J2EE_HOME="/Developer/JavaTools/j2sdkee1.3.1"; > J2ME_HOME="/Developer/JavaTools/j2me_wireless_toolkit2.2"; > CATALINA_HOME="/Developer/JavaTools/tomcat/jakarta-tomcat-5.5.9"; > MYSQL_HOME="/usr/local/mysql" > CLASSPATH=.:"$J2EE_HOME/lib/j2ee.jar":"$CATALINA_HOME/common/lib/ > servlet-api.jar":"$CATALINA_HOME/common/lib/jsp-api.jar":"/Developer/ > Database/hsqldb/lib/hsqldb.jar"; > PATH=$PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin:$J2EE_HOME/bin:$J2ME_HOME/bin:/usr/local/ > bin:/opt/local/bin:$MYSQL_HOME/bin; > VIMRUNTIME="/Applications/Vim.app/runtime"; > export AXIS_HOME AXIS_LIB AXISCLASSPATH JAVA_HOME J2ME_HOME J2EE_HOME > CATALINA_HOME MYSQL_HOME PATH VIMRUNTIME bash > > Can anyone tell me what possibly I am doing wrong? > > Many, many thanks! > > -Unnsse > -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/?ref=ensita This email is sponsored by Ensita.NET http://www.ensita.net/ __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Gleb Paharenko / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ MySQL AB / Ensita.NET <___/ www.mysql.com -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
