Comments on: Uninstalling MySQL on Mac OS X Leopard

By: JB

JB — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 03:56:44 +0000

These instructions were a great help, but I've noticed that some installations (macports?) put mysql-related files in /opt, and fink (apparently) puts them in /sw/fink

By: Ali Z

Ali Z — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:01:58 +0000

Thanks ... this link saved me a couple of times.

By: Whiteglider

Whiteglider — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 02:42:14 +0000

hi, i could not do the line where it says edit /etc/hostconfig and remove the line MYSQLCOM=-YES, i just can't find that file...does that affect my uninstallation big time? how can i remove the MySQL icon in System Preferences window? Apart from that, I guess all is fine with my uninstallation! Thanks for your virtual presence!:-)

By: Nik Orfanos

Nik Orfanos — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 08:50:16 +0000

Please update with the following:

sudo rm -rf /private/var/db/receipts/*mysql*

This is required for v5.4.1 or higher. Without this I could not reinstall as the installer insisted that there was a newer version installed.

Thanks for the help.

By: Ryders

Ryders — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 07:28:33 +0000

Confirming Hugh Miles' finding, 5.5 creates extra .plist and .bom files in /private/var/db/receipts/

sudo rm -rf /private/var/db/receipts/com.mysql.mysql*

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 03:36:58 +0000

Thanks for this! I also had to run the following:

launchctl remove com.mysql.mysqld

Not sure if this is a Snow Leopard thing. Documented here:

http://blog.sirkevi.com/files/Removing_MacOSX_software_that_are_constantly_relaunched.php

By: Hugh Miles

Hugh Miles — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 13:05:36 +0000

I found I also had to delete the following after I installed MySQL Community Edition 5.5 and then wanted to revert to 5.1

/private/var/db/receipts/com.mysql.mysql.bom
/private/var/db/receipts/com.mysql.mysql.plist
/private/var/db/receipts/com.mysql.mysqlstartup.bom
/private/var/db/receipts/com.mysql.mysqlstartup.plist

By: b_dubb

b_dubb — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 17:17:02 +0000

instead of ...
edit /etc/hostconfig
try ...
vim /etc/hostconfig
or ...
open -e /etc/hostconfig
but the last method usually (always) encounters permission errors

By: Martin Huard

Martin Huard — Mon, 30 May 2011 18:52:05 +0000

If you've installed MySQL 5.4.1 (or higher) you will also have to remove any *mysql* preference files from here:

/private/var/db/receipts/

By: Nathan

Nathan — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 15:41:04 +0000

Thank you! This was very thorough and helpful.