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

install MySQLWorkbench, then

export PATH=$PATH:/Applications/MySQLWorkbench.app/Contents/MacOS

Answer 2

There is now a mysql-client formula.

brew install mysql-client

Answer 3

As stated by the earlier answer you can get both mysql server and client libs by running

brew install mysql.

There is also client only installation. To install only client libraries run

brew install mysql-connector-c

In order to run these commands, you need homebrew package manager in your mac. You can install it by running

/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

Answer 4

Mysql has a client-only set of utilities:

Mysql client shell https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/shell/

Other command line utilities https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/utilities/

Mac OSX version available.

Answer 5

The easiest way would be to install mysql server or workbench, copy the mysql client somewhere, update your path settings and then delete whatever you installed to get the executable in the first place.

Answer 6

For installing mysql-shell with homebrew, run

brew cask install mysql-shell

you can then launch the mysql shell with

mysqlsh

if you want to enter SQL mode directly, run

mysqlsh --sql