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I am running MacOS High Sierra version 10.13.2 on a MacBook Air (mid 2011).

I am trying to set up a local development environment through the command-line and I have already gone through some steps to the following point: After downloading mySQL, I am and trying to initialize it through the command line for my localhost. I went then through the commands:

sudo mkdir /var/mysql

Followed by

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

Then went to my system preferences to start mySQL but I am encountering this error message and mySQL is not opening as a result: "Could not load MySQL preference pane."

Any help around this would be much appreciated friends! Thanks in advance.

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An easier way to install (certain) apps in MacOS is to use Homebrew. There is a full step-by-step guide available here. A short version:

  • Install Homebrew: /usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
  • Install MySQL: brew install mysql
  • Install services: brew tap homebrew/services
  • Set MySQL to autostart: brew services start mysql
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