Some time we faces issues with MySQL installation on Linux machine. If we simply remove MySQL packages and re-install doesn’t fixes the issue, in that case old settings may still exists on server which again affects new install. In that case first uninstall MySQL completely from system and erase all settings of old install. To do the same follow the below settings.
Note: Please do not use below steps if MySQL have any running databases.
Step 1: Uninstall MySQL Packages
First uninstall all the MySQL packages installed on your server
# yum remove mysql mysql-server
Step 2: Romove MySQL Directory
Now we need to remove MySQL data directory from system which by default exists at /var/lib/mysql. If you didn’t find this, It may be changed to some other place, which you can find in my.cnf file with variable datadir. Delete the /var/lib/mysql directory from system but we prefer to rename it to keep a backup of existing files.
# mv /var/lib/mysql /var/lib/mysql_old_backup
Step 3: Install MySQL Packages Again
After removing MySQL completely, install it again using yum package manager, It will re create mysql directory under /var/lib/.
# yum install mysql mysql-server
After completing above three steps, now you have a fresh MySQL install on your system with new settings.
There is NOT a simple 1 line command to force yum to overwrite or remove a complete install package set like mariadb. it’s an ugly process so far to get an install of a different version of mysql. It has multiple entries in the local yum repo to erase.
run
yum list all > yum_list_all.txt
search that for both maria and mysql.
remove ALL those entries found from the yum repo .. e.g.
yum erase mariadb-libs.x86_64
also find all references on disk to folders with maria or mysql
rm -fr
now, in theory, you have a clean starting point to begin adding mysql packages to yum specifically that you will download and install
I am looking for this, thanks for sharing with us.
When i give this command : yum remove mysql mysql-server
it shows : You need to be root to perform this command.
I am not able to connect with root
Log in as root then, for this type the command below:
su –
(Provide your password when prompted for)
In case you do not have any root credentials then try using sudo command. i.e
sudo yum remove mysql mysql-server
If this does not help then you really need to contact your system administrator.
Perfect! Exactly what I needed! But it is only for Fedora/Redhat.
nice share, and What you want to know how to resolve the issue??
i have a problem with the command, can u give any solution?
I have followed the above steps and the system throws the below error.
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can’t connect to local MySQL server through socket ‘/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock’ (2)
Any one can help me?
Although I hope you have fixed your issue already I thought I might post my answer regardless since I had the same issue after completing all the above steps.
Simply run “service mysqld start” before connecting to your database and the issue should be fixed.
Exactly what I needed! Thanks!
Extremely simple explanation that lead to successful uninstallation.
Thank you so much Rahul.