Cannot find mySQL -- get "command not found" error when trying to access mySQL from command line

Question

I have previously installed, connected and uploaded to a WordPress mySQL database via SSH no problem. The people who run my server made a few configuration changes, and now I get a "bash: mysql: command not found" error when I try to log into mySQL via the command line on the same server to access the same database.

I am relatively new to all of this, so I am really not sure what to do. When I run "which mysql" I get a message that says there is no mysql in the /usr/bin directories. I can verify that mySQL is running between the fact that my site is still live and functioning and when I ran a command to test mysql (sorry I can't locate that right now) I got a message that said "mySQL works!" I find mysql files in several directories, but I'm not really sure what I am looking for and how I connect to it when I do find it. I am also not sure if this is user error, or if somehow someone moved or hid mySQL from me -- likely user error??

Any help is appreciated. Thank you!

Answer 1

MySQL Server is not MySQL Client.

Check if MySQL is running executing this command:

ps aux | grep mysql | grep -v grep

And install MySQL Client:

sudo apt-get install mysql-client # Or your distro command

Answer 2

If you have mysql server up and running on your server it's not mean you have a mysql client installed on this server.

try

ls -l /usr/bin/mysql*

do you see mysql binaries exactly present on system?

One more problem Linux has very strange behaviour when run binaries for another archetecture. for example if you run 32-bin executable on 64-bit system you will get error message "command or file not found", even if binaries actually present!

hope this help.

Answer 3

Although the MySQL is running, if you are not able to connect to the server using mysql command, then you might be missing to provide soft links

sudo ln -s /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqladmin /usr/bin

sudo ln -s /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql /usr/bin

this should enable you to connect.

--Madhusudan Mudri

Answer 4

Now mysql-client has changed to default-mysql-client

hence command:

sudo apt-get install default-mysql-client

Answer 5

In order to get MySQL CLI working or to access mysql command from anywhere , there are a set of steps to be done to add it to the $PATH variable

firstly open a terminal, run following command

echo 'export PATH=/usr/local/mysql/bin:$PATH' >> ~/.bash_profile

then to reload bash profile, run

. ~/.bash_profile 

now run,

mysql -u root -p 

enter the password which you gave during installation you should see the following result

Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 8
Server version: 8.0.23 MySQL Community Server - GPL

Answer 6

On your computer, run:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install mysql-server

Then you will get rid of

/home/.../some_bash_script.sh: line 123: mysql: command not found