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This is a sample from my terminal.

My-MacBook-Pro:~ My$ brew update
Already up-tåo-date.
My-MacBook-Pro:~ My$ brew uninstall mysql
Error: No such keg: /usr/local/Cellar/mysql
My-MacBook-Pro:~ My$ brew install mysql
Warning: Your Xcode (4.5.2) is outdated
Please install Xcode 4.6.3.
==> Downloading https://downloads.sf.net/project/machomebrew/Bottles/mysql-5.6.1
Already downloaded: /Library/Caches/Homebrew/mysql-5.6.13.mountain_lion.bottle.tar.gz
==> Pouring mysql-5.6.13.mountain_lion.bottle.tar.gz
==> Caveats
A "/etc/my.cnf" from another install may interfere with a Homebrew-built
server starting up correctly.

To connect:
    mysql -uroot

To have launchd start mysql at login:
    ln -sfv /usr/local/opt/mysql/*.plist ~/Library/LaunchAgents
Then to load mysql now:
    launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.mysql.plist
Or, if you don't want/need launchctl, you can just run:
    mysql.server start
==> Summary
  /usr/local/Cellar/mysql/5.6.13: 9381 files, 354M
My-MacBook-Pro:~ My$

The caveat says there is a left over file from another install, but I can't seem to uninstall it. I am not very familiar with libraries (though i look forward to getting better at them), and I can't find where all these files live.

I tried searching for my.cnf, but the results were:

adodb-mysqli.inc.php
adodb-mysqli.inc.php
php_CORE3.xml

none of which appear to be the right thing.

This also might be relevant.

When I enter in my terminal:

nano ~/.bash_profile

I get this, which contradicts what I was led to believe I would see.

export PATH=/usr/local/mysql/bin:$PATH
export Parth=/usr/local/mysql/bin:$PATH
export PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/mysql/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/$

Any ideas on how I can remove this rogue file?

Edit: Further attempts listed below. They all remain fruitless.

I tried searching for the file in my terminal by entering the following:

My-MacBook-Pro:~ My$ sudo /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb
My-MacBook-Pro:~ My$ locate my.cnf
My-MacBook-Pro:~ My$ sudo find /etc -name *.cnf

No results.

I tried following the top two answers here: brew install mysql on mac os

but the file is still present. Both these (mentioned in the top answer) resulted in "no such file or directory"

launchctl unload -w ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.mysql.plist
rm ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.mysql.plist

I have also read that homebrew does not install a my.cmf file. This is all very confusing.

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So i checked this brew definition for mysql and it appears that this message is always displayed; no matter what.

So I guess you can ignore it if you are sure there is no my.cnf around.

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  • Well that certainly changes my issue. Its been driving me nuts. Thank you. I guess I have a different issue then. I suppose I will make a new post about then. I assumed that caveat was what was causing me problems because when I try to connect by using 'mysql -uroot' in the terminal, I get the error: 'MyMac$ mysql -uroot ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2)' – ExperimentsWithCode Nov 25 '13 at 16:16