/tmp/mysql.sock在停止mysql后消失-无法在OSX上重新启动

Question

I am trying to get mysql set up properly on OSX Mavericks. I have installed the 3 packages from here http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/ . Everything works as expected.

However, when I click Stop MySQL Server in the preferences pain window shown below, I cannot restart the server. I am pretty sure that this is due to the fact that the /tmp/mysql.sock file gets removed. The only way to get the server to start again is to restart my computer, which is less than ideal.

How can I get the /tmp/mysql.sock file to stick around even after stopping the server?

As a side note I have symlinked the mysql.sock file using this command, but I don't think this is related

sudo ln -s /tmp/mysql.sock /var/mysql/mysql.sock

I also noticed that I cannot find a my.cnf file anywhere. Should I create this file someplace?

Answer 1

I ended up removing all files using this post as a reference http://akrabat.com/computing/uninstalling-mysql-on-mac-os-x-leopard/ and reinstalling using homebrew brew install mysql . So far so good with this install. Probably was some kind of permission issue preventing mysql.sock from being created on start - but not too sure.