How do I install command line MySQL client on mac?

Question

I want to install the MySQL client for the command line, not a GUI. I have searched over the web but only found instructions on installing the MySQL server.

Answer 1

Installation command from brew:

$ brew cask install mysql-shell

Look at what you can do:

$ mysqlsh --help

Run query from mysqlsh client installed:

$ mysqlsh --host=192.x.x.x --port=3306 --user=user --password=xxxxx

MySQL Shell 8.0.18

Copyright (c) 2016, 2019, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its affiliates.
Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Type '\help' or '\?' for help; '\quit' to exit.
WARNING: Using a password on the command line interface can be insecure.
Creating a session to 'user@192.x.x.x:3306'
Fetching schema names for autocompletion... Press ^C to stop.
Your MySQL connection id is 16
Server version: 8.0.18 MySQL Community Server - GPL
No default schema selected; 
type \use <schema> to set one.

 MySQL  192.x.x.x:3306 ssl  JS >

 MySQL  192.x.x.x:3306 ssl  JS > `\use rafdb`

Default schema set to `rafdb`.

Answer 2

Using MacPorts you can install the client with:

sudo port install mysql57

You also need to select the installed version as your mysql

sudo port select mysql mysql57

The server is only installed if you append -server to the package name (e.g. mysql57-server)

Answer 3

If you have already installed MySQL from the disk image (dmg) from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/), open a terminal, run:

echo 'export PATH=/usr/local/mysql/bin:$PATH' >> ~/.bash_profile

then, reload .bash_profile by running following command:

 . ~/.bash_profile

You can now use mysql to connect to any mysql server:

mysql -h xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx -u username -p

Credit & Reference: http://www.gigoblog.com/2011/03/13/add-mysql-to-terminal-shell-in-mac-os-x/

Answer 4

If you installed from the DMG on a mac, it created a mysql client but did not put it in your user path.

Add this to your .bash_profile:

export PATH="/usr/local/mysql/bin:$PATH

This will let you run mysql from anywhere as you.

Answer 5

Best option is:

brew install mysql

Answer 6

Open the "MySQL Workbench" DMG file and

# Adjust the path to the version of MySQL Workbench you downloaded
cp "/Volumes/MySQL Workbench 6.3.9.CE/MySQLWorkbench.app/Contents/MacOS/mysql" /usr/local/bin
# Make sure it's executable
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/mysql

Eject the DMG disk