Check mySQL version on Mac 10.8.5

Question

How can I check (step-by-step ) the version of mySQL installed on my Mac 10.8.5?

I tried using command prompt, but couldn't figure out.

Answer 1

Every time you used the mysql console, the version is shown.

 mysql -u user 

Successful console login shows the following which includes the mysql server version.

Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g. Your MySQL connection id is 1432 Server version: 5.5.9-log Source distribution  Copyright (c) 2000, 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.  Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.  Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.  mysql> 

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You can also check the mysql server version directly by executing the following command:

mysql --version 

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You may also check the version information from the mysql console itself using the version variables:

mysql> SHOW VARIABLES LIKE "%version%"; 

Output will be something like this:

+-------------------------+---------------------+ | Variable_name           | Value               | +-------------------------+---------------------+ | innodb_version          | 1.1.5               | | protocol_version        | 10                  | | slave_type_conversions  |                     | | version                 | 5.5.9-log           | | version_comment         | Source distribution | | version_compile_machine | i386                | | version_compile_os      | osx10.4             | +-------------------------+---------------------+ 7 rows in set (0.01 sec) 

You may also use this:

mysql> select @@version; 

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The STATUS command display version information as well.

mysql> STATUS 

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You can also check the version by executing this command:

mysql -v 

It's worth mentioning that if you have encountered something like this:

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

you can fix it by:

sudo ln -s /Applications/MAMP/tmp/mysql/mysql.sock /tmp/mysql.sock 

Answer 2

To check your MySQL version on your mac, navigate to the directory where you installed it (default is usr/local/mysql/bin) and issue this command:

./mysql --version 

Alternatively, to avoid needing to navigate to that specific dir to run the command, add its location to your path ($PATH). There's more than one way to add a dir to your $PATH (with explanations on stackoverflow and other places on how to do so), such as adding it to your ./bash_profile.

After adding the mysql bin dir to your $PATH, verify it's there by executing:

echo $PATH 

Thereafter you can check your mysql version from anywhere by running (note no "./"):

mysql --version