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Peter Hogya
Peter Hogya

Reputation: 83

Ubuntu 20 can't uninstall mysql server

I was trying to uninstall mysql using apt-get purge mysql-server but uninstall was not sucessfull and now it blocks installation of mariadb.

petter@server:~$ sudo dpkg -P --force-all mysql-server-8.0
(Reading database ... 71256 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing mysql-server-8.0 (8.0.22-0ubuntu0.20.04.3) ...
Failed to stop mysql.service: Unit mysql.service not loaded.
invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "stop" failed.
dpkg: error processing package mysql-server-8.0 (--purge):
    installed mysql-server-8.0 package pre-removal script subprocess returned error                                                                                                                                                       exit status 1
Failed to stop mysql.service: Unit mysql.service not loaded.
invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "stop" failed.
Failed to start mysql.service: Unit mysql.service not found.
    invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "start" failed.
Unit mysql.service could not be found.
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
    installed mysql-server-8.0 package post-installation script subprocess returned                                                                                                                                                       error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
    mysql-server-8.0

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1451

Answers (1)

tonjo
tonjo

Reputation: 1430

Some missing files maybe, try reinstalling it first with --reinstall and then prune it again

Upvotes: 1

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