Chapter 3. Removing MySQL GUI Tools

Table of Contents

3.1. Uninstall – Windows
3.2. Uninstall – Linux
3.3. Uninstall – Mac OS X

Under Linux and Mac OS X it is easy to remove all the MySQL GUI Tools or individual applications. Under Windows, removing individual applications is a bit more problematic.

3.1. Uninstall – Windows

To uninstall MySQL GUI Tools, open the Control Panel and Choose Add or Remove Programs. Find the MySQL Tools entry and choose the Remove button. Choosing this option will remove all of the GUI Tools.

Note

Currently, there is no command-line option for removing MySQL GUI Tools.

After you have removed MySQL GUI Tools you may remove the MySQL Tools for version directory. Unless you chose otherwise on installation, you should find this directory below the C:\%PROGRAMFILES%\MySQL\ directory.

You may remove individual applications manually. Go to the C:\%PROGRAMFILES%\MySQL\ directory and delete the exe and chm files associated with the application you wish to remove. Also remove the appropriate icon from the Start menu.

Note

Removing an application manually will not remove all the files belonging to that application.

3.2. Uninstall – Linux

Unless you chose otherwise, you should find MySQL GUI Tools in the /opt/mysql-gui-tools-version directory.

If you installed MySQL GUI Tools using the RPM files you can remove all the tools by typing at the command line:

shell> rpm -e mysql-*.rpm
    

You may remove individual tools by using the e option with the name of the specific tool you wish to remove. For instance, to remove only the Administrator tool type:

shell> rpm -e mysql-administrator-version.rpm
    

Note

Remember, if you plan to keep any one of the MySQL GUI Tools you must also keep the mysql-gui-tools-version.rpm file.

After removal of all the MySQL GUI Tools, remove the /opt/mysql-gui-tools-version directory. if you have removed only selected tools, remove only the associated directories.

If you installed MySQL GUI Tools using the generic tarball, you can remove the tools by deleting the /opt/mysql-gui-tools-version directory. If you wish to remove an individual tool, find the directory associated with that tool and delete it.

3.3. Uninstall – Mac OS X

Find the directory where you installed MySQL GUI Tools, and remove applications by moving their icons to the Trash.