'How to completely kill a mysql process and then uninstall it and then install a new one?
I use ps ax | grep mysql to check my PID. I got:
42950 s000 R+ 0:00.00 grep mysql
And then I use sudo kill -9 42950 to kill the process. But, I got
kill: 42950: No such process
After running ps ax | grep mysql, it will give me PID dynamically. I searched some other posts about this issue, like here: how to kill mysql process using mac. But, I find people used MySQL preference pane in mac system preference to stop the mysql server. But, in my case, I can't even open the prefereence pane, this is what I got after clicking on the pane button:

I found a post that is talking about how to completely remove mysql on mac: https://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=89293. But, it seems that I need to make sure the process is not running.
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