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Asked: 2026-05-15T10:48:24+00:00

This is a recent problem… MySQL was working and a couple of days ago

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This is a recent problem… MySQL was working and a couple of days ago I must have done something. I deleted MySQL and tried reinstalling using the .dmg file. The mysql.sock file never gets created and I get the following error messages:

Hristo$ mysql
Enter password: 
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)

I also tried stopping Apache and installing but Apache gave me an error… I don’t know if this is good or bad:

Hristo$ sudo apachectl stop
launchctl: Error unloading: org.apache.httpd

I tried the MacPorts installation as well but the socket file still didn’t get created. I don’t really know what to do and I don’t want to reinstall Snow Leopard and start from scratch :/

I also tried installing the 32-bit version and same deal. No luck.

Finally… I tried doing the source installation but when I get to the configuration step, I get the following error:

-bash: ./configure: No such file or directory

The file is “mysql-5.1.47-osx10.6-x86_64.tar.gz” so I think it is the proper file for source installation and yes I have a 64 bit system. I don’t know what to do anymore.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Hristo

Edit: This is what I get after installing MySQL using the .dmg package… I don’t really know what it means? So is MySQL running or not? I think not?

Hristo$ ps auxw | grep mysql
Hristo 1599 0.2 0.0 2425520 96 s000 R+ 3:39AM 0:00.00 grep mysql

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  1. Editorial Team

    Finally figured it out… I tried pretty much everything but it all came down to deleting every instance of MySQL and I was missing something when I was deleting everything. To completely uninstall MySQL:

    sudo rm /usr/local/mysql
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/mysql*
sudo rm -rf /Library/StartupItems/MySQLCOM
sudo rm -rf /Library/PreferencePanes/My*
sudo rm -rf /Library/Receipts/mysql*
sudo rm -rf /Library/Receipts/MySQL*
sudo rm /etc/my.cnf

    Also, you have to remove the line “MYSQLCOM=-YES-” from the /etc/hostconfig file. My problem was that I never removed the /etc/my.cnf file! If you don’t delete this file, apparently you get socket issues! So that was the culprit. Then I just did a regular install from the .dmg file from the MySQL website and everything works 🙂

    Thanks everyone for their suggestions and time!

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