Find out where MySQL is installed on Mac OS X

Question

How do I find out where MySQL is installed on Mac OS X 10.7.9? I have MAMP installed so I presume that it is bundled with this install?

Answer 1

To check MySQL version of MAMP , use the following command in Terminal:

/Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/mysql --version

Assume you have started MAMP .

Example output:

./mysql  Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.1.44, for apple-darwin8.11.1 (i386) using  EditLine wrapper

UPDATE: Moreover, if you want to find where does mysql installed in system, use the following command:

type -a mysql

type -a is an equivalent of tclsh built-in command where in OS X bash shell. If MySQL is found, it will show :

mysql is /usr/bin/mysql

If not found, it will show:

-bash: type: mysql: not found

By default , MySQL is not installed in Mac OS X.

Sidenote: For XAMPP, the command should be:

/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/bin/mysql --version

Answer 2

If you run SHOW VARIABLES from a mysql console you can look for basedir.

When I run the following:

mysql> SHOW VARIABLES WHERE `Variable_name` = 'basedir';

on my system I get /usr/local/mysql as the Value returned. (I am not using MAMP - I installed MySQL with homebrew.

mysqldon my machine is in /usr/local/mysql/bin so the basedir is where most everything will be installed to.

Also util:

mysql> SHOW VARIABLES WHERE `Variable_name` = 'datadir'; 

To find where the DBs are stored.

For more: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/show-variables.html

and http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/server-options.html#option_mysqld_basedir

Answer 3

If you downloaded mySQL using a DMG (easiest way to download found here http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/) in Terminal try: cd /usr/local/

When you type ls you should see mysql-YOUR-VERSION. You will also see mysql which is the installation directory.

Source: http://geeksww.com/tutorials/database_management_systems/mysql/installation/how_to_download_and_install_mysql_on_mac_os_x.php

Answer 4

Or use good old "find". For example in order to look for old mysql v5.7:

cd /
find . type -d -name "mysql@5.7"

Answer 5

If you've installed with the dmg, you can also go to the Mac "System Preferences" menu, click on "MySql" and then on the configuration tab to see the location of all MySql directories.

Reference: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/osx-installation-prefpane.html

Answer 6

for me it was installed in /usr/local/opt

The command I used for installation is brew install mysql@5.6