Can't connect to MySQL on Mac — missing mysql.sock file

Question

I installed MySQL on my Mac OS 10.6 about a week ago, and, after some playing around, got it to work just fine. It integrated with python MySQLdb and I also got Sequel Pro

Answer 1

First of all I suggest you to use homebrew to install any third part libraries or tools on your mac. Have a look to : http://mxcl.github.com/homebrew/

Otherwise for your problem you can search where is the mysql socket on your mac and then symlink it to /tmp.

In your terminal try something like :

locate mysql | grep sock

You will get something like :

/the/path/to/mysql.sock

Then do :

ln -s /the/path/to/mysql.sock /tmp/mysql.sock

This should works.

Also you can edit your php.ini file to set the correct path for the mysql socket.

Hope this help.