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At first, I wanted to reinstall MySQL to repair ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2) problem with command apt-get purge mysql-server, apt-get purge mysql-client etc. and manually removing folders like /var/lib/mysql/, /etc/mysql/ etc.

While installing fresh MySQL package with apt-get install mysql-server, I ran into this:

Preparing to unpack .../mysql-server-8.0_8.0.27-0ubuntu0.20.04.1_amd64.deb ...
Failed to stop mysql.service: Unit mysql.service not loaded.
invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "stop" failed.
invoke-rc.d returned 5
There is a MySQL server running, but we failed in our attempts to stop it.
Stop it yourself and try again!
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/mysql-server-8.0_8.0.27-0ubuntu0.20.04.1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
new mysql-server-8.0 package pre-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
Selecting previously unselected package mysql-server.
Preparing to unpack .../mysql-server_8.0.27-0ubuntu0.20.04.1_all.deb ...
Unpacking mysql-server (8.0.27-0ubuntu0.20.04.1) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/mysql-server-8.0_8.0.27-0ubuntu0.20.04.1_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

I tried to stop MySQL, but all I get is Failed to stop mysql.service: Unit mysql.service not loaded. Command apt-get --fix-broken install does not work either, due to the same problem as above.

mysql command works, but it results in the same problem as in the beginning.

Thwade
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  • It says that there is a MySQL server running. Are there a `mysql` process running on the machine when you check with `ps`? – Nasir Riley Nov 13 '21 at 21:24
  • @NasirRiley no, which is kinda weird for me (I've checked it with ps, htop and glances - no sight of mysql nor mysqld) – Thwade Nov 13 '21 at 22:27

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