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

For me the fix was to point basedir to the actual mysql directory in the cellar, as shown at install.

eg:

During installation of mysql (using brew install mysql56), I was shown this path: /usr/local/Cellar/mysql56/5.6.27/bin/mysql_install_db...

I used that to define the basedir like so:

mysql_install_db --verbose --user=`whoami` --basedir="/usr/local/Cellar/mysql56/5.6.27" --datadir=/usr/local/var/mysql --tmpdir=/tmp