On Mar 5, 2011, at 16:47, David Gentry wrote: > I am using the MAMP#mysql wiki. > > I am working on "Set up the main database." For quite some time, I could not > get past "FATAL ERROR: Could not find mysql_install_db." > > This command got me past that error message: sudo mysql_install_db5 > --basedir=/opt/local/bin, but it gave me the following error: > > FATAL ERROR: Could not find my_print_defaults > > The following directories were searched: > > /opt/local/bin/bin > /opt/local/bin/extra > > If you compiled from source, you need to run 'make install' to > copy the software into the correct location ready for operation. > > If you are using a binary release, you must either be at the top > level of the extracted archive, or pass the --basedir option > pointing to that location. > > Please help. > > Note: my_print_defaults5 is an alias in /opt/local/bin. Since I named the > basedir as /opt/local/bin, I don't understand why the program looked in > /opt/local/bin/bin.
To my knowledge, the instructions in the wiki MAMP article remain correct. Make sure you are following them correctly. But I have not tried to follow them in a long time; something may have broken. Instead of /opt/local/bin, try specifying a basedir of /opt/local/lib/mysql5. _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-users
