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From: pinnerite <pinnerite@gmail.com>
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Subject: Cannot remove MySQL completely
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2022 11:48:05 +0000
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Recent posts have culminated in my not being able to remedy a corruption in the user table.

I decided to remove MySQL and reinstall.

First I did:

$ sudo apt purge mysql*
$ sudo apt autoremove
$ sudo apt update

When I reinstalled, the corrupt user table was still there.

I tried again from Synaptic.

Same result.

How can I resolve this?

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