Thanks. I know that you are helping me in between things. I appreciate that.
It is also hard to decipher these bit long responses. I am trying to get right back but it takes time to run code and copy/paste here in some sort of organized manner.

1.

I had typed

Code:

Find launchctl

as the command. See last post.



Then did what you said to do.

Code:

Macbookpro:/ shortname$  which launchctl
 /bin/launchctl

2.

I again tried the same thing. the command from bin directory.

Code:

launchctl load -w /com.mysql.mysql.plist

Same error:
-bash: launchctl: command not found.


If you look above in my previous post in the code boxes, you will see that I had already located one launchctl in the bin directory by navigating around.



I looked around

Code:

MacBookPro:library shortname$ cd launchdaemons
MacBookPro:launchdaemons shortname$ ls
com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist        com.mysql.mysql.plist
com.adobe.fpsaud.plist            com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist

and looked inside of com.mysql.mysql.plist.

Big Mistake.
When I cut and pasted the code from the setup site, I had extra code
which I deleted. It was something like

Code:

sudo vi  /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.mysql.mysql.plist.

Not really certain but I think that may have caused the
launchctl command not found

3.
i rebooted terminal and executed the command again from
top of tree
and
from bin
Getting a different error message.

Code:

MacBookPro:/ shortname$ sudo launchctl load -w /com.mysql.mysql.plist
launchctl: Couldn't stat("/com.mysql.mysql.plist"): No such file or directory
nothing found to load

MacBookPro:/ shortname$ cd bin
MacBookPro:bin shortname$ sudo launchctl load -w /com.mysql.mysql.plist
Password:
launchctl: Couldn't stat("/com.mysql.mysql.plist"): No such file or directory
nothing found to load

4.
It's the executable launchctl. yes ?
If it is not a directory.

You seem like a systems person.... Lucky you
Me heading in as root.... I am a little brave but not yet.
But as mentioned, I like to understand the system and files and look around hence not using the GUI installs.


I am serious about learning (relearning) this stuff.


At this point just want to get MySQL and phpMyAdmin up and running.
I will be at this all day.
Thanks again,

---------- Post updated at 12:40 PM ---------- Previous update was at 12:01 PM ----------

still troubleshooting this.

Code:

MacBookPro:launchdaemons shortname$ sudo launchctl load -w -F com.mysql.myswl.plist
launchctl: Couldn't stat("com.mysql.myswl.plist"): No such file or directory
nothing found to load

but it is there !

Code:

MacBookPro:launchdaemons shortnamel$ ls
com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist        com.mysql.mysql.plist
com.adobe.fpsaud.plist            com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist

the contents of com.mysql.mysql.plist

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>KeepAlive</key>
<true/>
<key>Label</key>
<string>com.mysql.mysqld</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld_safe</string>
<string>--user=mysql</string>
</array>
</dict>

is this line okay ?
<string>com.mysql.mysqld</string>

is this line of code okay ?
<string>com.mysql.mysqld</string>
it is exactly from the setup instructions.
thanks again.