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Sheldon
Sheldon

Reputation: 10077

How do I create a symbolic link to mysql? (Mac, XAMPP)

I have just installed XAMPP and I went to the command line and typed 'mysql' and I got the following error:

"command not found"

When I specify where mysql is located "/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/bin/mysql -u root"

it works fine so I'm just wondering how I could create a link so that I don't have to type the full path name each time?

Thanks

Upvotes: 3

Views: 8580

Answers (2)

sreimer
sreimer

Reputation: 4998

You'll want to put it in /usr/bin if you want to be able to type just mysql

   ln -s /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/bin/mysql /usr/bin/mysql

Upvotes: 14

Okami
Okami

Reputation: 11

ln -s [actual mysql directory] [symlink directory]

i.e.: ln -s /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/bin/mysql /home/user/me/mysql

Upvotes: 1

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