Go to the /usr/local/mysql directory and rename (mv) data to var. -- Jim Dickenson mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Computers for Marketing Corporation http://www.cfmc.com/ > From: gerald jones - Sun Microsystems - Broomfield United States > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: gerald jones - Sun Microsystems - Broomfield United States > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 13:18:29 -0600 (MDT) > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: os X install mySQL help > > This is a mac os X installation problem: When I download/install the pkg > version of mysql 4.0.13, two directories seem to be missing in > /usr/local/bin/mysql: var/ and run/. So, when I try to run mysqld_safe (or > safe_mysqld), I get errors like: > > " > touch: /usr/local/mysql/var/myhostname.err: No such file or directory > Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /usr/local/mysql/var... > " > > followed by alot more errors which basically say, "you don't have a var/ > directory or a run/ directory". Is this addressed anywhere in the manual? > > If I run "sudo ./bin/mysqld_safe", I get the "mysqld ended" error, and this is > what my .err file says about it: > > " > Can't start server : Bind on unix socket: No such file or directory > 030605 10:59:08 Do you already have another mysqld server running on socket: > /usr/local/mysql/run/mysql_socket ? > 030605 10:59:08 Aborting > " > what's going on here, I've been trying to install this for 10 hours??? > > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
