Re: mariadb does not run

[Stephan Seitz <stse+debian@rootsland.net>]

Am Di, Mai 03, 2022 at 11:39:12 +0200 schrieb Lucio Crusca:
> Il 03/05/22 11:28, tomas@tuxteam.de  scritto:
> > Try `sudo apt purge mariadb-server', watch out for error messages,
> > then re-install. Perhaps that helps.
> I didn't mention that in my first post, but I've already tried purging 
> and reinstalling several times. The one I reported is only the last one, 

The package mariadb-server is a meta package. It depends on the current 
version of the server package, e.g. mariadb-server-10.5.

> e.g. the more comprehensive one that included manual removal of 
> /etc/mysql and reboot before reinstalling. I always got the same 
> results.

Make sure that /var/lib/mysql is empty as well after the purge.

	Stephan

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