How do you stop MySQL on a Mac OS install?

Question

I installed MySQL via MacPorts. What is the command I need to stop the server (I need to test how my application behave when MySQL is dead)?

Answer 1

sudo /opt/local/etc/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.mysql5/mysql5.wrapper stop

You can also use start and restart here. I found this by looking at the contents of /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.mysql.plist.

Answer 2

For those who used homebrew to install MySQL use the following commands below to start, stop, or restart MySQL

Brew start

/usr/local/bin/mysql.server start

Brew restart

/usr/local/bin/mysql.server restart

Brew stop

/usr/local/bin/mysql.server stop