Mysql thoroughly remove Mysql reinstall 1. Delete mysql 1 sudo apt-get autoremove -- purge mysql-server-5.02 sudo apt-get remove mysql-server3 sudo apt-get autoremove mysql-server4 sudo apt-get remove mysql-common (important) some of the above are actually redundant, we recommend that you clean up residual data dpkg-l in sequence | grep ^ rc | awk '{print $2}' | sudo xargs dpkg-P2, install mysql 1 sudo apt-get install mysql-server2 sudo apt-get install mysql-client3 sudo apt-get install php5-mysql (install php5 -Mysql connects php and mysql. Once the installation is complete, the MySQL server should be started automatically. You can run the following command at the terminal prompt to check whether the MySQL server is running: 1 sudo netstat-tap | grep mysql when you run this command, you can see lines similar to the following: tcp 0 0 localhost. localdomain: mysql *: * LISTEN-if the server cannot run normally, you can run the following command to start it: 1 sudo/etc/init. d/mysql restart 3. Enter the mysql $ mysql-uroot-p administrator password to configure the MySQL administrator password: 1 sudo mysqladmin-u root password newpassword