[Resolved] Re: How to purge completly a broken MySQL

[NoOp]

On 01/11/2009 06:42 AM, stan wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 07:46:59PM -0800, NoOp wrote:


>> 
>> OK, I think I've figured out your issue; after you 'sudo apt-get remove
>> --purge mysql-server-5.0' while the mysql daemon is still running you
>> will get erros. You need to reboot and then 'sudo apt-get remove --purge
>> mysql-server-5.0' again, then reboot & you'll find it gone.
>> 
>> You can do it without rebooting if you kill the mysql daemon:
>> 
>> sudo apt-get install --reinstall mysql-server-5.0
>> 
>> then kill the mysqld processes:
>> 
>> sudo killall mysqld
>> sudo killall mysqld_safe
>> 
>> and then
>> 
>> sudo apt-get remove --purge mysql-server-5.0
>> 
>> and you'll get no errors and will find mysql gone. I've just tested by
>> installing and purging on my hardy system.
>> 
>> Note: if you reply to this post *please* do not cc me on the post - I
>> read and respond on the list, so I don't need an extra copy of your
>> response.
>> 
> K, that _did) (to my great suprise) solve the problem. Thanks to evryone
> for helping me out with this!!
> 

So we can then mark the subject as 'Resolved'? Glad it worked.

G.