Here is the output we get when MySQL is started correctly. Next, type the command to start the MySQL server. Include one per line given below paths in the /etc/paths file. The easiest way to open the file is to type the following command in the terminal and provide the password. To fix this issue, we have to define the MySQL path in the paths file. rver startīut this command will display the following error on your terminal screen. To start the MySQL via terminal app, you need to use the following command. Well this is not the only way to start the server, we can even manually start the MySQL server via command line. You can even stop the server by clicking on “stop MySQL server”. Here you can see the MySQL is already running and other configurations of MySQL.