try: brew remove mysql brew upgrade brew install mysql should install mysql >= 5.1.56 which i have currently
On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 3:43 PM, Scott Olmsted <[email protected]> wrote: > $ locate mysql.pid > > WARNING: The locate database (/var/db/locate.database) does not exist. > ..... [not going to create that database now] > > so let's try > > $ find / -name mysql.pid > > produces nothing, and > > $ find / -name init.d > > also produces nothing. > > How do I uninstall and reinstall mysql in Homebrew? > > > On Jul 29, 12:24 pm, Glenn Little <[email protected]> wrote: > > If mysql is not running, you can just remove the pid file. If you can > > find it. Here (centos linux), it's in /var/run/mysqld/mysql.pid If > > it's not there, check your mysqld startup file for a clue > > (/etc/init.d/mysqld, again, here... not sure where it might be on your > > OS). Or try a "locate mysqld.pid". > > > > Delete the file, and try restarting your mysql service. > > > > -glenn > > -- > SD Ruby mailing list > [email protected] > http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby > -- SD Ruby mailing list [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby
