Install MySQL on macOS
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Install
Install MySQL in macOS with the installer
Use official installer.
MySQL - Official Download page: https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/
Initial password of the root user
The root means the MySQL root user, not your macOS You should take a memo your password of root user (not Linux system super user.)
For CLI
After running installer, add the PATH to ~/.zshrc (or your shell. Check with $echo SHELL).
alias mysql=/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql
alias mysqladmin=/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqladmin
Check the version
mysql --version
/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql Ver 8.0.19 for macos10.15 on x86_64 (MySQL Community Server - GPL)