Installation of std 5.0.18 on OS X.

[Duncan]

Hey,
i tried to upgrade my old MYSQL installation to 5.0 but everything's failed miserably. The Mysql 5 package will install fine but when I try to run mysql it will not launch. this is the terminal output

#sparticus-ibook:/usr/local/mysql sparticus$ sudo ./bin/mysqld_safe
#Password:
#Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /usr/local/mysql/data
#STOPPING server from pid file /usr/local/mysql/data/sparticus-ibook.local.pid
060123 09:40:58 mysqld ended

I've tried looking in the /data/ folder but I can't access it and even terminal seems to struggle to see into it. When I run the mysql_secure_installation script I get this:

sparticus-ibook:/usr/local/mysql sparticus$ mysql_secure_installation
touch: .my.cnf.2754: Permission denied
touch: .mysql.2754: Permission denied
chmod: .my.cnf.2754: No such file or directory
chmod: .mysql.2754: No such file or directory
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[Sague]

I am having the same problem; But I am a first-time user and taking an on-line class. the 5.0.18 installed successfully. but couldn't get MySQL to start using Terminal. I kept getting "permission denied" and "no such file or directory" messages also. -- This message may have been cut off and the rest will only be shown to members. To become a member, click here --