Having trouble installing mysql

[samii@…]

Hi:

I have started the process of installing MAMP as per the instructions on the MacPorts wiki howto for MAMP on howto/MAMP

I had no problems through the beginning of Step 3: Install MySQL. The port install worked seamlessly.

However, setting up the database was very silent (no feedback what so ever).

The autostart seems to work, and grep filtering for mysql processes seems to indicate mysql is running no problem.

But when I try to set the root password, I get the following error.

mysqladmin5: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
error: 'Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/opt/local/var/run/mysql5/mysqld.sock' (2)'
Check that mysqld is running and that the socket: '/opt/local/var/run/mysql5/mysqld.sock' exists!

Likewise, when I try to log into the server, it says:

Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/opt/local/var/run/mysql5/mysqld.sock' (2)

I am running Mac OS X 10.6.3
2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
3 GB Ram

Not sure how to proceed.

[samii@…]

Cc Me!

[samii@…]

OK, well, I resolved that problem. I had to kill the mysql processes that were active and start them up again.

Now, I tried installing php5 following the same instructions. No errors reported, but when I try to load phpinfo.php, it doesn't work. It just loads the document as a text file in the browser window.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Then that's a separate issue.

Have you added this line to your httpd.conf and restarted Apache?

Include conf/extra/mod_php.conf