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Laravel Valet Uninstall and then Reinstall everytime I switch user accounts
## Uninstall process
#remove valet
rm -rf ~/.valet
rm ~/usr/local/bin/valet
# change the permisions on all brew files
sudo chown -R $(whoami) $(brew --prefix)/*
# now uninstall all brew packages
brew uninstall dnsmasq && brew uninstall nginx && brew uninstall php
# clean up - removes logs and cached
brew cleanup
## Install Process
brew tap
brew update
brew install homebrew/core/php
composer global require laravel/valet
valet install
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Hm, I did this with a bash script. Now I can not access my mysql anymore -.-.
And when I want to login with mysql -u root -p I get ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2)

Hm, I did this with a bash script. Now I can not access my mysql anymore -.-.
And when I want to login with mysql -u root -p I get ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2)

You may need to reinstall MySQL or start MySQL

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Perfect, thank you!

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