Installing MySQL on Mac

Introduction

This article covers how to install MySQL on Mac.

Steps

Download

Go to the MySQL official website to download the DMG installer.

Download link: https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/

Select the DMG version for download,

Install

After downloading, double-click the DMG file to install,

Keep clicking next until the installation is complete,

During the process, you’ll be asked to set a password — remember this password,

Configure Environment Variables

After installation, you need to configure the environment variables,

vim ~/.bash_profile

Add the following content,

export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/mysql/bin

Then apply the changes,

source ~/.bash_profile

Verify

After configuration, you can verify by running the following command,

mysql -u root -p

Enter the password you set during installation to log in to MySQL,