Removing mysql using launchctl

Question

I am trying to uninstall my old sql so that I can install a new one. I am following this post but stuck at launchctl unload.

[~/Library/LaunchAgents]$ ls com.adobe.ARM.202f4087f2bbde52e3ac2df389f53a4f123223c9cc56a8fd83a6f7ae.plist com.mysql.mysqld.plist com.facebook.videochat.ava.plist homebrew.mxcl.postgresql.plist

launchctl unload ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.postgresql.plist launchctl: Couldn't stat("/Users/ava/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.postgresql.plist"): No such file or directory nothing found to unload

Why is not able to find the file when it is there?

Shouldn't that be `launchctl unload homebrew.mxcl.postgresql` — tadman, Aug 22 '13 at 14:40
@ParagBafna The location is shown in the question, there's no issue there. — tadman, Aug 22 '13 at 14:50
Couldn't stat("/Users/ava/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.postgresql.plist"): No such file or directory nothing found to unload — Parag Bafna, Aug 22 '13 at 14:51
@ava I mean run it without the full path. Once loaded into `launchctl` it doesn't use paths. — tadman, Aug 22 '13 at 14:51
`launchctl: Couldn't stat("homebrew.mxcl.postgresql"): No such file or directory` nothing found to unload — Ava, Aug 22 '13 at 14:52

Parag Bafna · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-22T15:35:17.830

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check for homebrew.mxcl.mysql

launchctl list

Remove

launchctl remove homebrew.mxcl.mysql

edited Aug 22 '13 at 15:35

answered Aug 22 '13 at 14:49

Parag Bafna

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score -2 · Answer 2 · answered May 18 '17 at 06:04

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Try use this command so solve your problem:

$ brew services stop mysql

answered May 18 '17 at 06:04

malajisi

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```brew service stop mysql Error: Unknown command: service``` – Aleksander Rezen Apr 11 '18 at 00:41
@argoden You have wrong spell of services. You should add "s" to it. Anyway you can try copy then paste. – malajisi Apr 11 '18 at 07:07

Removing mysql using launchctl

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