$ ls -ld /usr/local/Cellar/mysql* /usr/local/opt/mysql* /usr/local/var/mysql*ĭrwxr-xr-x 3 mkm admin 96 Aug 10 17:37 /usr/local/Cellar/mysql/ĭrwxr-xr-x 3 mkm admin 96 Aug 3 17:48 1 mkm admin 22 Aug 10 17:37 /usr/local/opt/mysql ->. Once you’ve done that for the first mysql version, repeat above for the 2nd version and change above config appropriately. usr/local/opt/mysql/bin/mysqldump -socket=/tmp/mysql8.sock $*

usr/local/opt/mysql/bin/mysql -socket=/tmp/mysql8.sock $* Mysqldump57() -socket=/tmp/mysql57.sock $* I use the cli clients so what I did is to create a few bash functions $ cat. One other thing to do is you must adjust your mysql client. Now you can start up this mysql and make sure it’s working. It’s not quite enough to just change the port page was helpful too To something like rename /usr/local/var/mysql to there are a few other things you need to set specifically for each version in order to run more than 1 at the same time. * Change the data dir to a version specific data dirĢ files to modify in the data dir in both /usr/local/var/mysql īasically * First wipe all mysql instances off Intention on that gist was only to be able to switch back and forth, not running simultaneously. First I found this helpful doc which got me part of the way there.

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