How do I uninstall MySQL in WSL?
I have version 5.7.4 installed. After reading over the changes for upgrading to the latest 5.7.x version so I could upgrade to 8.0 (there's a minimum requirement of 5.7.9 to upgrade to 8.0), I figured it would be easier to just uninstall MySQL and start over (I have nothing worth saving from playing around with it previously).
I tried running the following commands (as per this post and this one) and got the following responses:
$ sudo apt remove mysql mysql-server
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package mysql
$ sudo apt-get remove --purge *mysql*
zsh: no matches found: *mysql*
$ sudo apt-get purge mysql-server mysql-client mysql-common mysql-server-core-* mysql-client-core-*
zsh: no matches found: mysql-server-core-*
After running those, I'm still able to start and stop my server with the following commands (note that these are not necessarily the usual systemd commands because I'm in WSL2):
sudo /etc/init.d/mysql start
mysqladmin -u root -p shutdown
Unsure if this is relevant, but even when the server is running I'm not seeing the socket when I enter sudo find / -type s as suggested by this post.
I'm wondering it'd be okay to just delete what files I can find manually, but that seems like a bad idea
/var/lib/mysql/
/usr/share/mysql/
/usr/lib/mysql/
The problem was using zsh as a shell. I successfully removed MySQL with sudo apt-get remove --purge '*mysql*'
i have to install mysql-server for my project. but while i install with sudo apt install mysql-server it say's E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend - open (13: Permission denied) and E: Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend), are you root?. i'd try to search the solving method but is has no change. thanks for any help
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and also i get this error The following packages have unmet dependencies: mysql-server-core-8.0 : Depends: libprotobuf-lite23 (>= 3.12.4) but it is not installable
The error indicates that another process is updating on your Linux machine.
You can check what processes are locking the file by running:
sudo lsof /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend
and kill the PID indicated by the command. If no processes are indicated by the command above, the easiest and fastest way to solve the issue is by rebooting your machine.
After the reboot rerun the command:
sudo apt install mysql-server
If the error persists, delete the lock-frontend file and reshot the command above.
Maybe you have some active apt process already?
check it:
ps aux | grep -I apt
then
sudo kill 'busy process id'
or you can kill all apt processes:
sudo killall apt apt-get
and try install MySQL again
In other case you have a locked file, just check it:
sudo lsof /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend
then you try to remove lock
sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend
and reconfigure dpkg
sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo apt update
When I try to install mysql-server, an error comes like:
dpkg: error processing package mysql-server (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
mysql-server-5.7
mysql-server
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
What does it mean. Any ideas?
dpkg returning an error code 1 doesn't mean anything specific but it usually has to do with dependency issues. In your case, you tried to install two versions/instances of the same package i.e. mysql-server and mysql-server-5.7. So do the following to remove any redundant dependency issues and install a functioning mysql package
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get purge mysql*
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -f
sudo apt-get install mysql-server-5.7
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
this should fix the problem at hand. But in the future, have care about the package names you add after sudo apt-get install since the wrong list of package names - for example redundant entries in the list - results in failure to install either of the packages or worse - you might even find yourself wading through the hellish depths of #DEPENDENCY-HELL
All of the answers I've been able to find for this question have been of the form "purge your Mysql install and re-install it." But in my case, I already have a working/active Mysql install. For me, the reason why dpkg --configure -a fails is because Mysql is already installed. Why dpkg thinks that the postinstall script needs to be run for my already-installed-and-upgraded Mysql I may never know, but it does.
After considerable time scouring for answers, I found a solution that should work if there are others who already have a working Mysql 5.7 and just want to get past this bogus postinstall script. You can edit the postinstall script directly as (on Ubuntu):
sudo vi /var/lib/dpkg/info/mysql-server-5.7.postinst
And then, on the second line, just add exit 0 and then run dpkg again and you should get something like:
$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
Setting up mysql-server-5.7 (5.7.28-0ubuntu0.18.04.4) ...
You definitely would not want to follow these instructions if your Mysql installation had not previously completed (there's a reason that the postinstall script insists on running). But for those who might end up with dpkg in a wonky state, as I have, the above can save you a lot of time purging and reinstalling an already-working version of Mysql.
This should help
sudo apt-get purge mysql*
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get autoclean
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
And now reinstall mysql
sudo apt-get install mysql-server
If you're on a VPS or similar, your error may be due to lack of RAM.
Running apt-upgrade seems to require some RAM, so it may force-close mysql, hence the problem to recover from the error.
Try:
1) Stop mysql manually before any apt-upgrade
sudo /etc/init.d/mysql stop
2) Fix:
sudo dpkg --configure mysql-server-X.X
(if version not known, use just mysql-server to find out (will not fix error)
3) Check:
sudo apt-get upgrade
Start mysql manually if it wasn't started by apt.
I had a similar issue. This is how I fixed mine.
Restart MySQL service sudo service mysql restart
Then fix broken installations sudo apt install -f
My answer from askubuntu.
New Answer
kill the musql deamon and purging helps
sudo pkill mysqld # kill
sudo apt-get purge mysql-server-5.7 # Or whatever you are trying to purge.
Thanks, #endrias for the suggestion.
Old Answer
None of the apt methods worked for me, try this:
Find locking process
$ ps -eaf
root 7316 1 0 00:19 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/dpkg --status-fd 35 --configure --pending
root 7808 7316 0 00:19 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/perl -w /usr/share/debconf/frontend /var/lib/dpkg/info/mysql-se
root 7817 7808 0 00:19 ? 00:00:00 /bin/bash /var/lib/dpkg/info/mysql-server-5.7.postinst configure
mysql 7973 7817 0 00:20 ? 00:00:00 mysqld --user=mysql --init-file=/var/lib/mysql-files/tmp.iNyY06ty0K --so
Kill it
do sudo kill -9 7973, basically the mysql one.
Now purge
sudo apt-get purge mysql-server-5.7 # Or whatever you are trying to purge.
i face same error due to problem in my upgrade from ubuntu 18.04 to ubuntu 20.04 , what i did is get mariadb instead also make sure when you do pruge mysql that if asked you to remove dbs in the dir
tell it not to delete the dbs so you will have your old databases with no data loss
what i did was this cmds
sudo apt-get purge mysql*
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get autoclean
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get install mariadb-server
I tried almost every possible way but nothing was working for me. Then I found the problem that I was facing was due to less available ram. You can check your current ram status by free -h (in my case available was less than 1 GB). To clear ram restart your device. Then type following commands
sudo apt-get purge mysql*
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get autoclean
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
then again install mysql-server by
sudo apt-get install mysql-server
try this solution using aptitude this will replace all the file corrupted.
This is work on my 18.04
cr. https://www.digitalocean.com/community/questions/mysql-installation-error-dpkg-error-processing-package-mysql-server-5-5-configure?answer=61604
In my case I had to run:
systemctl stop mysql.service
to stop MySQL before being able to install mysql without errors using:
sudo apt-get install mysql-server
To solve the dependency issue, try:
sudo apt-get purge
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get check
And reinstall the package again by: sudo apt-get install mysql-server.
Source: Thread: Dpkg: Dependency problems - leaving unconfigured.
Other commands to try:
sudo apt-get install -f
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo dpkg --configure -a
Related: How can I Resolve dpkg dependency? at Ask Ubuntu.
The problem can be much simpler (in my case) I had a missconfigured value in my configuration file [my.cnf] which lead to the error.
After cleaning up my.cnf mysql-server was restarted successfully
If you are working on Debian 10, you need to first install GNUPG:
sudo apt-get install gnupg
That's all; now you can try dpkg again.
Also pay attention to the terminal you are using, if it is ZSH many uninstall commands will not work like: sudo apt-get purge mysql* and the reinstallation process will fail, to fix this it is simple type in your terminal the word bash so that the terminal used is Bash, run the sudo apt-get purge mysql* command again and also the following commands below to confirm that you removed everything.
sudo apt-get remove mysql-server mysql-client mysql-common
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get autoclean
sudo rm -rf /var/lib/mysql
sudo rm -rf /etc/mysql
Finally, run mysql --version to make sure there is no version on your machine and you can try installing again.
I came across the yes Unix binary, which is incredibly stupid: it just endlessly types y (try it, you can just run yes in your terminal)
so the following just works (I used this in a dockerfile)
yes | apt-get install mysql-community-server
I had another mysql process running in background.
(ckeck if your lampp mysql server is on, Then turn it off.)
then try
sudo apt dist-upgrade
if lammp mysql is not working then,
check this command,
ps -eaf
and then look for mysql process and kill it by it's port number
sudo kill -9
I was in the same situation. After completely removing MySQL, I reinstalled it, killed the PID using port 3306, and reinstalled MySQL again. It's working now.
I have installed MySQL from Ubuntu software center, MySQL client and MySQL workbench as well.
the problem is I cannot do anything but to call sudo mysql start and sudo mysql stop
when i try to run the following command sudo /usr/bin/mysql_secure_installation i am prompted to enter the root password, i didn't set the root password so i just clicked 'Enter'
I got the following
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)
I went to /var/run/mysqld and i have found that it is completely empty.
Update
I don't know if that would help, but I have tried to find the PID file by using find / -type f -name "*.pid" command . I haven't found any files related to mysql with the extension .pid
I was removing the installation without sufficient commands, as it seems, finally i have removed it using the following :
#sudo service mysql stop
#sudo killall -9 mysql
#sudo killall -9 mysqld
#sudo apt-get remove --purge mysql-server mysql-client mysql-common
#sudo apt-get autoremove
#sudo apt-get autoclean
#sudo deluser mysql
#sudo rm -rf /var/lib/mysql
#sudo apt-get purge mysql-server-core-5.5
#sudo apt-get purge mysql-client-core-5.5
This time i have removed the user as well. I didn't know that would matter. anyway after reinstalling it again it worked just fine
I somehow have messed up my MySQL on my Ubuntu server and cannot fix it. I have tried every single combination of apt-get remove --purge mysql-server, apt-get autoremove, apt-get purge, Googled for hours and nothing.
I have literally given up. Every time I try to reinstall I get error. I've had enough. I want to remove every single file associated with MySQL on my server.
I get this error every time I try to reinstall which seems to be common but not one "fix" has worked for me. I need to clean my system of everything MySQL.
Unable to set password for the MySQL "root" user
An error occurred while setting the password for the MySQL administrative user. This may have happened because the account already has a password, or
because of a communication problem with the MySQL server.
You should check the account's password after the package installation.
Please read the /usr/share/doc/mysql-server-5.5/README.Debian file for more information.
Please can someone give me a set of command to purge this ungodly database from my system before I do a fresh install of the server.
Setting up mysql-server-5.5 (5.5.38-0ubuntu0.14.04.1) ...
140811 10:56:44 [Warning] Using unique option prefix key_buffer instead of key_buffer_size is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Please use the full name instead.
start: Job failed to start
invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing package mysql-server-5.5 (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mysql-server:
mysql-server depends on mysql-server-5.5; however:
Package mysql-server-5.5 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package mysql-server (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.19-0ubuntu6.1) ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-16) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
mysql-server-5.5
mysql-server
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
I have literally tried everything. Every single mysql file is removed and it still will not install properly.
To completly remove Mysql from Ubuntu :
sudo apt-get remove --purge mysql-server mysql-client mysql-common
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get autoclean
after this, if you are having issues with re installing, Try to remove Mysql files in :
sudo rm -rf /var/lib/mysql
I experienced a similar issue on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS after a MySQL update.
I started getting error: "Fatal error: Can't open and lock privilege tables: Incorrect file format 'user'" in /var/log/mysql/error.log
MySQL could not start.
I resolved it by removing the following directory: /var/lib/mysql/mysql
sudo rm -rf /var/lib/mysql/mysql
This leaves your other DB related files in place, only removing the mysql related files.
After running these:
sudo apt-get remove --purge mysql-server mysql-client mysql-common
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get autoclean
Then reinstalling mysql:
sudo apt-get install mysql-server
It worked perfectly.
Different solution for those still having issues. Hopefully I can help those trying to reinstall Mysql. Note, It's a seek and destroy mission. So be weary. Assuming your root:
apt-get purge mysql*
apt-get purge dbconfig-common #the screen used for mysql password
find / -name *mysql* #delete any traces of mysql
#insert apt-get cleanups, autoremove,updates etc.
Originally, something leftover was interfering with my startup of mysqlserver-5.5. These commands ended up resolving the issue for myself.
The following works:
sudo apt-get --purge remove mysql-client mysql-server mysql-common
sudo apt-get autoremove
Use apt to uninstall and remove all MySQL packages:
$ sudo apt-get remove --purge mysql-server mysql-client mysql-common -y
$ sudo apt-get autoremove -y
$ sudo apt-get autoclean
Remove the MySQL folder:
$ rm -rf /etc/mysql
Delete all MySQL files on your server:
$ sudo find / -iname 'mysql*' -exec rm -rf {} \;
Your system should no longer contain default MySQL related files.
sudo apt-get remove --purge mysql*
Remove the MySQL packages fully from the target system.
sudo apt-get purge mysql*
Remove all mysql related configuration files.
sudo apt-get autoremove
Clean up unused dependencies using autoremove command.
sudo apt-get autoclean
To clear all local repository in the target system.
sudo apt-get remove dbconfig-mysql
If you also want to delete your local/config files for dbconfig-mysql then this will work.
This is what saved me. Apparently the depackager tries to put things in the wrong tmp folder.
https://askubuntu.com/a/248860
Remove /etc/my.cnf file and retry the installation, it worked for me for exactly same problem. :-)
remove mysql :
sudo apt -y purge mysql*
sudo apt -y autoremove
sudo rm -rf /etc/mysql
sudo rm -rf /var/lib/mysql*
Restart instance :
sudo shutdown -r now
I just had this same issue. It turns out for me, mysql was already installed and working. I just didn't know how to check.
$ ps aux | grep mysql
This will show you if mysql is already running. If it is it should return something like this:
mysql 24294 0.1 1.3 550012 52784 ? Ssl 15:16 0:06 /usr/sbin/mysqld
gwang 27451 0.0 0.0 15940 924 pts/3 S+ 16:34 0:00 grep --color=auto mysql