{"id":2248,"date":"2015-06-16T09:57:02","date_gmt":"2015-06-16T09:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/?p=2248"},"modified":"2021-02-17T12:05:08","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T12:05:08","slug":"how-to-uninstall-mysql-completely-from-linux-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/how-to-uninstall-mysql-completely-from-linux-system\/","title":{"rendered":"How to uninstall MySQL Completely from Linux System"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some time we encounter problems with MySQL set up on Linux server. If we simply delete MySQL package and re-install it doesn\u2019t resolve the problem, in that situation old configurations may still remains on server which again affects new set up. So first we have to uninstall MySQL completely from system and remove all configurations of old set up.\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>[wpfmb type=&#8217;info&#8217; theme=2]Note: Before proceeding make sure that MySQL do not have any running databases.[\/wpfmb]<\/p>\n<p>First uninstall all the MySQL packages installed on your server :<\/p>\n<div class=\"command-sh\">\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true \">yum remove mysql mysql-server<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p>Now we need to remove MySQL data directory from server which by default \u00a0at <strong>\/var\/lib\/mysql<\/strong>. If you didn\u2019t find, It might be changed to some other directory, which you can check in my.cnf file with variable datadir. remove the <strong>\/var\/lib\/mysql<\/strong> directory from system but preferred to rename it to keep a back-up of current files.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cpanel-files\"><\/div>\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true \">mv \/var\/lib\/mysql \/var\/lib\/mysql_old_backup<\/pre>\n<div class=\"space1\"><\/div>\n<p>After removing MySQL completely, We can reinstall it again using yum package manager:<\/p>\n<div class=\"command-sh\">\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true \">yum install mysql mysql-server<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p>After completing all this\u00a0, Now we have a fresh MySQL install on our server with new settings. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some time we encounter problems with MySQL set up on Linux server. 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