How can i either FULLY remove mysql on linux or somehow fix it.?

[shayeshayeshaye]

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

it either says that or this:

Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
once i remove it. using apt-get remove mysql

i can still type mysql

and i get that error how do i end the process?

i think i copied the files into random directories

[VepemaZido]

It might be due to unresolved dependencies or an apt problem. You could first try at a command prompt/shell:

apt-get -f install

If that doesn't fix it, try:

apt-get remove mysql-server

(or whatever package you installed)

It's difficult to give a better diagnosis though without more information. What Linux distribution is this? Where do you see this error? What were you doing before? When you first installed MySQL, did you create the initial username/passwords?

Once MySQL is gone, you can reinstall it with:

apt-get install mysql-server

Again the "mysql-server" bit might be different, depending on which distribution you're using.

[UncleLeo]

Make sure that you have the MySQL daemon (mysqld) running in the background before you try to connect. To confirm that it is running, you can use the command line interface.

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/6.0/en/programs-server.html