MySQL problem

[englishpremier]

Hi,

I am trying to install MySQL on my office mac.

I used the package from the mysql website but when I try to run mysql i get the error

ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2)

Now looking in /tmp/ I can see that the file is actually there, so i'm guessing it must be a permissions problem.

Having no experience with macs, how do i fix this?

Thanks

 

[englishpremier]

by typing mysql?

EDIT: sudo /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld_safe --user=mysql &

Tried that, now luck

 

[englishpremier]

i've tried runnning as sudo on the mac but I get the same results.

Apparently osx already has a msql user setup by deafult - but even following all the steps to recreate this user from scratch was futile.