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Message: <blockquote data-quote="muso" data-source="post: 8689" data-attributes="member: 40">OK, I spent hours and hours trying to get mySQL working. After getting confused by conflicting instructions by many different websites, these are the instructions I use to start up mysql and log in:shell> cd /usr/local/mysqlshell> sudo ./bin/mysqld_safe(Enter your password, if necessary)(Press Control-Z)shell> bg(Press Control-D or enter "exit" to exit the shell) shell> alias mysql /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqlshell> alias mysqladmin /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqladminshell> mysql -h localhost -u root -pAs you can probably guess, that also creates aliases to mysql and mysqladmin so you can access them directly from your own user's directory.</blockquote>