Trouble with Macports Install - 2014 Mac Mini running El Capitan

[Steve Sharpe]

I downloaded 'mythtv-pkg.27-Fixes-0.27.4-20150304.mpkg' from the website and 
installed it without issue.  However, when I get to the first “paste” entry to 
begin initializing the database (paste sudo -u _mysql mysql_install_db into a 
Terminal window), I’m prompted for a password.  The ‘mythtv’ password doesn’t 
work.  Pressing enter for a blank password doesn’t work either.  I confirmed 
that the default config.xml file located in the .mythtv folder is unchanged 
(shows both username and password as ‘mythtv’).  I tried removing the Macports 
app folder and deleted both the .mythtv and /opt/ folders and reinstalled 
Macports from the downloaded .mpkg file.  No change in the password issue.  Any 
advice???___
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Re: Trouble with Macports Install - 2014 Mac Mini running El Capitan

[Craig Treleaven]

> On Jan 9, 2016, at 12:01 PM, Steve Sharpe  
> wrote:
> 
> I downloaded 'mythtv-pkg.27-Fixes-0.27.4-20150304.mpkg' from the website and 
> installed it without issue.  However, when I get to the first “paste” entry 
> to begin initializing the database (paste sudo -u _mysql mysql_install_db 
> into a Terminal window), I’m prompted for a password.  The ‘mythtv’ password 
> doesn’t work.  Pressing enter for a blank password doesn’t work either.  I 
> confirmed that the default config.xml file located in the .mythtv folder is 
> unchanged (shows both username and password as ‘mythtv’).  I tried removing 
> the Macports app folder and deleted both the .mythtv and /opt/ folders and 
> reinstalled Macports from the downloaded .mpkg file.  No change in the 
> password issue.  Any advice???

You need to use the OS X admin password—the same one you use for installing 
other software.  

‘sudo’ causes the following command to be executed as the “superuser”.  For 
this particular command, we need superuser privileges in order to create the 
initial, blank database that MythTV will eventually use.

HTH,

Craig___
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