remove mysql ubuntu

The solution for this is noted below

Solution

# 1\ check and stop the service
sudo systemctl status mysql
# if active execute:
sudo systemctl stop mysql

# 2\ remove the packages
sudo apt-get remove --purge mysql\*
# mysql will have traces to mariadb. if you are not using it execute:
sudo apt-get remove --purge mariadb\*

# 3\ clean remaining traces
# clean the package repo
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get autoclean

# clean user's data/confs
sudo rm -rf /var/lib/mysql #or: sudo mv /var/lib/mysql /var/lib/mysql_old_backup
sudo rm -rf /etc/mysql #or: sudo mv /etc/mysql /etc/mysql_old_backup

# clean shell references
# (if you execute the commands on 4\ you still see old references)
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# 4\ verify removal
dpkg -l | grep -i mysql
locate mysql #you still can see references to mysql, but they are from other programs/shared stuff....

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