env: mysql: No such file or directory after `wp import`

Question

I\'m trying to import a database locally using wp db import databasename.sql but I get the following error: env: mysql: No such file or directory. Can

Answer 1

For anyone running Desktop Server, which uses XAMPP, your command that needs to be added to .bash_profile with the following command is:

export PATH=$PATH:/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/bin

Once you add that, you should be able to use wp db import (and not needing to use the wp-cli portal the Desktop Server provides; which wasn't working consistently for me).