sudo apt-get remove --purge mysql-server mysql-client mysql-common
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get autoclean
sudo apt install mysql-server
sudo apt-get remove --purge mysql-server mysql-client mysql-common
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get autoclean
sudo apt install mysql-serversudo dpkg-reconfigure mysql-server-5.5change the root password.
sudo apt-get purge mysql-server*
and after that, I did this:
sudo apt-get install mysql-server-5.6
Start:
sudo /etc/init.d/mysql start
Stop:
sudo /etc/init.d/mysql stop
Restart / reload configs:
sudo /etc/init.d/mysql restart
Check run status:
sudo /etc/init.d/mysql status