I can't unistall mysql on ubuntu 12.10

Question

I unistalled mysql-server from my ubuntu 12.10 machine, but if I type "mysql" on shell it prompts me the command line of a possible another mysql instance.

I want to remove it completely. I tried this command: sudo apt-get remove mysql-server php5-mysql and sudo apt-get remove --purge mysql-client mysql-server

They run ok like it was unistalled everything about mysql.But as I said, if I type mysql on shell it prompts me mysql command line.

Please, I need help.

Please refer to this http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10853004/removing-mysql-5-5-completely — Deepak Rai, Oct 07 '13 at 14:34

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 07 '13 at 14:33

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sudo apt-get remove --purge mysql-server mysql-client mysql-common

sudo rm -rf /var/lib/mysql

Run remove --purge on all the packages including common as shown above, and then remove the /var/lib/mysql folder.

That should do it.

answered Oct 07 '13 at 14:33

Oleg Belousov

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 07 '13 at 14:36

When you have mysql fully installed on a system, it includes both the server (mysqld) and the client (/usr/local/bin/mysql or similar).

Therefore you have to remove the client as well as the server in order to get rid of what runs when you type 'mysql' on the command line.

sudo apt-get remove --purge mysql-client

I can't unistall mysql on ubuntu 12.10

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