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I have a passed down mac which had previously installed mySQL. I tried running the SQL server from preferences but it wont start. Uninstallation wont work either. I ran the command sudo /usr/local/mysql/support-files/mysql.server start. It resulted in the following error.

Starting MySQL ./usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld_safe: line 199: 6557 Trace/BPT trap: 5 env MYSQLD_PARENT_PID=6140 nohup /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld --basedir=/usr/local/mysql --datadir=/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/var/mysql --plugin-dir=/usr/local/mysql/lib/plugin --user=mysql --log-error=APS-16.local.err --pid-file=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid --socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock --port=3306 < /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1 ERROR! The server quit without updating PID file (/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid).

I have uninstalled mySql forcefully and reinstalled. The error is still persistent.
Commands used to uninstall.

sudo rm /usr/local/mysql
sudo rm -rf  /usr/local/mysql*
sudo rm -rf /Library/StartupItems/MySQLCOM
sudo rm -rf /Library/PreferencePanes/My*
sudo rm -rf ~/Library/PreferencePanes/My*
sudo rm -rf /Library/Receipts/mysql*
sudo rm -rf /Library/Receipts/MySQL*
sudo rm -rf /private/var/db/receipts/*mysql*
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Run the essence of that command manually:

/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld --basedir=/usr/local/mysql --datadir=/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/var/mysql --plugin-dir=/usr/local/mysql/lib/plugin --user=mysql --log-error=APS-16.local.err --pid-file=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid --socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock --port=3306

The way it's running now, the STDOUT and STDERR are being sent to /dev/null so you can see any of the output or errors!

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