MySQL 5.7 Reference Manual Including MySQL NDB Cluster 7.5 and NDB Cluster 7.6
You should keep the following issues and notes in mind:
As of macOS 10.14 (Majave), the macOS MySQL 5.7 Installer application requires permission to control System Events so it can display a generated (temporary) MySQL root password. Choosing "Don't Allow" means this password won't be visible for use.
If previously disallowed, the fix is enabling System Events.app for Installer.app under the Security & Privacy | Automation | Privacy tab.
A launchd daemon is installed, and it includes MySQL configuration options. Consider editing it if needed, see the documentation below for additional information. Also, macOS 10.10 removed startup item support in favor of launchd daemons. The optional MySQL preference pane under macOS System Preferences uses the launchd daemon.
You may need (or want) to create a specific
mysql
user to own the MySQL directory and
data. You can do this through the Directory
Utility, and the mysql
user
should already exist. For use in single user mode, an entry
for _mysql
(note the underscore prefix)
should already exist within the system
/etc/passwd
file.
Because the MySQL package installer installs the MySQL
contents into a version and platform specific directory, you
can use this to upgrade and migrate your database between
versions. You need either to copy the
data
directory from the old version to
the new version, or to specify an alternative
datadir
value to set location of the data
directory. By default, the MySQL directories are installed
under /usr/local/
.
You might want to add aliases to your shell's resource file to make it easier to access commonly used programs such as mysql and mysqladmin from the command line. The syntax for bash is:
alias mysql=/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql alias mysqladmin=/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqladmin
For tcsh, use:
alias mysql /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql alias mysqladmin /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqladmin
Even better, add /usr/local/mysql/bin
to
your PATH
environment variable. You can do
this by modifying the appropriate startup file for your shell.
For more information, see Section 4.2.1, “Invoking MySQL Programs”.
After you have copied over the MySQL database files from the
previous installation and have successfully started the new
server, you should consider removing the old installation
files to save disk space. Additionally, you should also remove
older versions of the Package Receipt directories located in
/Library/Receipts/mysql-
.
VERSION
.pkg
Prior to OS X 10.7, MySQL server was bundled with OS X Server.