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I had mysql server running. I stopped it, and removed it (apt-get remove mysql-server mysql-client)

I then manually removed the directories:

/var/lib/mysql
/var/run/mysqld

I rebooted. But when I type mysql, I get the following message:

ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)

I get the same error message when I type service mysql stop

This means mysql server is still running. How do I get rid of it completely and stop the process. My OS is Ubuntu 12.04 server.

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  • Sounds like the process isn't running based on the can't connect message
    – Ramhound
    Commented Apr 10, 2014 at 23:33
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    What makes you think that the error indicates that MySQL server is running?
    – Oliver Salzburg
    Commented Apr 10, 2014 at 23:48

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The mysql-server mysql-client are simply MetaPackages that link to packages like mysql-server-5.5 mysql-client-5.5.

If you uninstalled the meta packages, and not the version specific packages, then mysql is still installed.

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You should check with dpkg -l that you don't have any mysql packages installed on the server. There seems to be some MySQL utility left that tries to connect to your server. Remove all the mysql packages with apt-get and you should be able to boot cleanly.

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