Did you do the initial set up? You can take a look at the log in /opt/local/var/log/mysql
On Sat, Oct 3, 2020, 15:11 Murray Eisenberg <[email protected]> wrote: > Something seems to be wrong: > > sudo port load mysql8-server > --> Loading startupitem 'mysql8-server' for mysql8-server > > ps -ax | grep mysql > 39298 ttys001 0:00.00 grep mysql > > Is the mysql8 server actually running?? > > Should there be a process found for mysqld? > > On 3 Oct2020, at 1:52 PM, Herby G <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello Murray, > > Instructions for setting up mysql8-server after installation with MacPorts > are shown in the console right after installation. > > You can review these using 'port notes': > > $ port notes mysql8-server > > Then you would start the mysql8-server service using 'port load': > > $ sudo port load mysql8-server > > To stop and disable the service, use 'port unload': > > $ sudo port unload mysql8-server > > On Sat, Oct 3, 2020, 13:38 MacPorts <[email protected]> wrote: > >> #61267: Error in mysqld_safe from mysql8-server >> --------------------------+--------------------------- >> Reporter: murrayE | Owner: (none) >> Type: defect | Status: new >> Priority: Normal | Milestone: >> Component: ports | Version: 2.6.3 >> Keywords: syntax error | Port: mysql8-server >> --------------------------+--------------------------- >> After installing mysql8-server, I tried running it with command: >> >> {{{ >> sudo /opt/local/share/mysql8/support-files/mysql.server start >> }}} >> >> After the prompt for, and giving, my password, the following happens: >> >> {{{ >> Starting MySQL >> ./opt/local/bin/mysqld_safe: line 810: syntax error near unexpected token >> `then' >> /opt/local/bin/mysqld_safe: line 810: ` then # The pid contains a >> mysqld process' >> ERROR! The server quit without updating PID file >> (/opt/local/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid). >> }}} >> >> -- >> Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/61267> >> MacPorts <https://www.macports.org/> >> Ports system for macOS >> > > —— > Murray Eisenberg [email protected] > Professor Emeritus > Mathematics & Statistics Dept. > University of Massachusetts > Amherst, MA USA > > > > > >
