How to remove installation of MySQL on Mac OS X

Question

I need to install older version of mysql server on mac os, but I have a newer version.

I tried to remove this newer installation (5.1), but when start old version instal

Answer 1

On Snow Leopard I had to additionally kill mysqld and did

rm /private/var/db/receipts/com.mysql.*

sudo rm -rf /Users//Library/StartupItems/MySQLCOM sudo rm -rf /Users//Library/PreferencePanes/My* sudo rm -rf /Users//Library/Receipts/mysql* sudo rm -rf /Users//Library/Receipts/MySQL*