Reinstalling MYSQL on Ubuntu Linux

nodgienodge

I recently upgraded my Ubuntu Linus Distro to the latest version (can't remember the exact number)

The MySQL server was working fine until I did this but now the server is down. I tried reinstalling with Synaptic Package Manager which just caused it to hang indefinetly.

Anyone know a brute force way of just totally reinstalling MySQL from scratch because the package manager is giving me problems since the upgrade. Theres also a mounting problem at boot-up time (not sure if this is related) I just press "s" to skip mounting and it boots ok. Im not sure which drive doesn't mount (doesn't say)

Webmonkey

Try

sudo apt-get install mysql-server

Try starting it with

sudo /etc/init.d/mysql start

nodgienodge

Webmonkey wrote: »

Try

sudo apt-get install mysql-server

Try starting it with

sudo /etc/init.d/mysql start

I don't think that'll work. That will install it if it's never been installed before. I think I just need to completely remove every mySQL file and folder from the system and that's where the problem lies. It hangs indefintly. As far as I know SPM just calls the apt-get program anyway so it will probably hang again.

Webmonkey

In that case try

sudo apt-get --purge mysql-server

or if installed with dkpg

dpkg --purge mysql-server

You can also sudo apt-get --reinstall ...

nodgienodge

Webmonkey wrote: »

In that case try

sudo apt-get --purge mysql-server

I'll try this I think, thanks;)

Webmonkey

I had typo there sorry.

Should be

sudo apt-get --purge remove mysql-server