brew install mysql on mac os el capitan

Question

I\'m trying to install mysql on MAC OS version 10.11.2 by following the methods in this link,

The following command has been successfully executed,

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Answer 1

Try running this, it worked for me. (Got it from the comments found here)

mysqld -initialize --verbose --user=whoami --basedir="$(brew --prefix mysql)" --datadir=/usr/local/var/mysql --tmpdir=/tmp

Posting here just in case anyone faced the same problem as me.