Removing MySQL from OSX Lion
Recently I've had to remove a version of MySQL 5.5 from my Macbook so that I could go back to a 5.1 version. However it appears that there isn't an automatic way to remove and install an older version. A few google searches revealed a bulk of the removal process, but additional searching revealed a few more steps.sudo rm /usr/local/mysql sudo rm -rf /usr/local/mysql* sudo rm -rf /Library/StartupItems/MySQLCOM sudo rm -rf /Library/PreferencePanes/My* rm -rf ~/Library/PreferencePanes/My* sudo rm -rf /Library/Receipts/mysql* sudo rm -rf /Library/Receipts/MySQL* sudo rm -rf /var/db/receipts/com.mysql.* vim /etc/hostconfig # and remove the line MYSQLCOM=-YES-9/28/2011 - added comment on last line. Thanks Justin for pointing this out!
Web references:
- http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1436425/how-do-you-uninstall-mysql-from-mac-os-x
- http://akrabat.com/computing/uninstalling-mysql-on-mac-os-x-leopard/
