How do I uninstall and reinstall MySQL?

You did MySQL install of Ubuntu 16.04 Server and due to some reasons MySQL is not starting up and you want to uninstall and reinstall it.


Pls follow below procedures for MySQL reinstallation.

apt-get remove -y mysql-*
sudo apt-get purge mysql* sudo apt-get autoremove sudo apt-get autoclean
sudo apt-get remove dbconfig-mysql

Then upgrade MySQL distribution sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Then install MySQL sudo apt-get install mysql-server
Grant All permissions
https://avishkarm.blogspot.com/2017/04/how-to-allow-mysql-remote-access-in.html

That's all.