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I'm trying to deinstall MySQL so that I can start over and do a clean install. I have done sudo apt-get remove to delete the packages, but they don't appear ...
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    Trying to deinstall MySQL in Ubuntu 9.04



    I'm trying to deinstall MySQL so that I can start over and do a clean install.

    I have done sudo apt-get remove to delete the packages, but they don't appear to be completely gone. After doing that, I still seem to have some components left. This is what I see now:

    Code:
    dpkg --get-selections |grep mysql
    
    libmysqlclient16				deinstall
    mysql-client-5.1				deinstall
    mysql-server-5.1				deinstall
    Can someone explain what it means when "deinstall" is displayed, and how I can completely and cleanly get rid of the MySQL components?

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    Quote Originally Posted by mrs1179 View Post
    I'm trying to deinstall MySQL so that I can start over and do a clean install.

    I have done sudo apt-get remove to delete the packages, but they don't appear to be completely gone. After doing that, I still seem to have some components left. This is what I see now:

    Code:
    dpkg --get-selections |grep mysql
    
    libmysqlclient16				deinstall
    mysql-client-5.1				deinstall
    mysql-server-5.1				deinstall
    Can someone explain what it means when "deinstall" is displayed, and how I can completely and cleanly get rid of the MySQL components?
    Just run on terminal:

    Code:
    sudo apt-get install mysql-server

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    You can use the purge option to remove the config files too. Either choose the purge option in Synaptic when uninstalling or use
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    sudo apt-get --purge remove mysql-server
    Of course you'll have to run this with the package installed.

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