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Denis Milosavljevic
Denis Milosavljevic

Reputation: 405

Brew remove mysql error

I want to completely remove MySQL from my mac (El Capitan).

I installed homebrew and tried to remove MySQL, but I get the error: 

Error: No such keg: /usr/local/Cellar/mysql

Upvotes: 7

Views: 13919

Answers (2)

Daniel Viglione
Daniel Viglione

Reputation: 9407

Actually, by running 

brew remove mysql

It is expecting a package called mysql and a corresponding folder in /usr/local/Cellar. But if you installed a specific version of mysql such as [email protected], then that is what you would have to remove:

brew remove mysql
Error: No such keg: /usr/local/Cellar/mysql

Try the version installed:

brew remove [email protected]
Uninstalling /usr/local/Cellar/[email protected]/5.7.24... (319 files, 234.5MB)

Upvotes: 17

blueberry
blueberry

Reputation: 354

I solved this problem by manually going to /usr/local directory. There was one mysql folder, I deleted. Also, delete my.cnf file, should be present It started working after that. If that too doesn't work, re-install homebrew, that will rectify symlink problem.

Upvotes: 1

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