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  1. @ismaild ismaild revised this gist Aug 27, 2013. 1 changed file with 5 additions and 1 deletion.
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    9. rm -rf ~/Library/PreferencePanes/My*
    10. sudo rm -rf /Library/Receipts/mysql*
    11. sudo rm -rf /Library/Receipts/MySQL*
    12. sudo rm -rf /private/var/db/receipts/*mysql*
    12. sudo rm -rf /private/var/db/receipts/*mysql*

    Once done.... then

    brew install mysql
  2. @ismaild ismaild created this gist Aug 27, 2013.
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    1. Backup any databases you have using mysqldump
    2. Stop MySQL using the pref panel
    3. Open Terminal and type in the following commands
    4. sudo rm /usr/local/mysql
    5. sudo rm -rf /usr/local/mysql*
    6. sudo rm -rf /Library/StartupItems/MySQLCOM
    7. sudo rm -rf /Library/PreferencePanes/My*
    8. edit /etc/hostconfig and remove the line MYSQLCOM=-YES- (May not be necessary)
    9. rm -rf ~/Library/PreferencePanes/My*
    10. sudo rm -rf /Library/Receipts/mysql*
    11. sudo rm -rf /Library/Receipts/MySQL*
    12. sudo rm -rf /private/var/db/receipts/*mysql*