PID error on mysql.server start?

Question

I\'ve just tried installing MySQL using homebrew (on Mac OS X 10.6), but I\'ve run across an issue at the first hurdle. When trying to manually start the server (mysql.serve

Answer 1

These following two commands should solve your issue.

> unset TMPDIR
> mysql_install_db --verbose --user=\`whoami\` --basedir="$(brew
--prefix mysql)" --datadir=/usr/local/var/mysql --tmpdir=/tmp