Desperately seeking MYSQL uninstall instructions

Wordpress issues

[Bentley007]

Greetings, all. I am relatively new at this, so please be patient :). I am trying to run wordpress on my local apache server (OSX 10.3.9). I made the mistake of installing mysql v5.0, instead of v4.0. Apparently WP is not compatible with v5.0. I would like to uninstall v5.0, and I am completely and utterly lost. Any suggestions? Anyone?

[whoisgregg]

How did you install MySQL v5.0? Did you use the official package [dev.mysql.com]?

If so, you should be able to run the installer again and choose "Uninstall." If that option doesn't exist (been a while since I ran the installer), then check the README for details on what gets installed where, and start deleting stuff.

[timster]

I can't say enough good things about Marc Liyanage's pages:

[entropy.ch ]

[whoisgregg]

I was just about to link to that page, timster. However, I'm pretty sure that removal tool is *not* intended for removing MySQL 5.x.

At least, I think that's the purpose of the [34] part of this line:

RECEIPT=`ls -1 /Library/Receipts/ ¦ perl -n -e 'chomp; print "/Library/Receipts/$_\n" if -d "/Library/Receipts/$_" and /mysql-(standard-)?

[34]

/' ¦ tail -1`

I would ask about the shell script and it's suitability for removing MySQL 5.x in Marc's forum [entropy.ch]. He and others familiar with his distributions and code are accessible through that forum.