Mysql_install_db cannot find file

Question

I am trying to use mysql_install_db

I am getting the following error:

FATAL ERROR: Could not find ./bin/my_print_defaults

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Answer 1

Anyone reading this after installing MySQL with Homebrew may have experienced this issue:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4788381/getting-cant-connect-through-socket-tmp-mysql-when-installing-mysql-on-m

And then found their way here after the final instruction didn't work. I simply ran

mysql.server start

after reading http://benjsicam.me/blog/how-to-install-mysql-on-mac-os-x-using-homebrew-tutorial

Then it all started working miraculously (seems I just hadn't started it?!).