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Fresh Reset

And
Install MySQL 5.7
⚠️Before going through the guide try this command if it gonna install MySQL 5.7
correctly, when you see the white windows you can jump to step 9, and see what to
choose :

sudo wget -O mysql57


https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nuuxcode/alx-system_engineering-devops/master/scripts/
mysql57 && sudo chmod +x mysql57 && sudo ./mysql57

If this command did not install 5.7 correctly you can continue reading the guide.

Note: during this guide, don't go to the next step if you have errors in the current
step you are in, make sure there are no errors.

Some steps can be skipped if they don't apply to your case:

Very rare but following this guide, you may find some errors. You can try to
copy-paste errors to AI WEBSITES, to help you debug them…
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Follow the guide, if you need clarity check this video :


https://youtu.be/if0DBq9OqtE
1- Clean Running MySQL Processes

Check for any running MySQL processes:


sudo ps aux | grep mysql
If MySQL is running, try stopping it:
sudo service mysql stop
Double-check if MySQL is no longer running:
sudo ps aux | grep mysql
If MySQL processes are still running, terminate them:
sudo kill -9 <PID>
Example : sudo kill -9 9072

Note: if you have this grep --color something, you can ignore it and continue.

Proceed to the next step when MySQL is not running.

2-Remove Existing MySQL Versions

Remove MySQL packages

sudo apt-get remove --purge mysql-server mysql-client mysql-common -y && sudo apt-get autoremove -y
If no errors occur, proceed to the next step.

If something like this shows up, Choose 'yes' and press Enter.
(if it didn't show up it ok, continue)

After it finishes, it should show something like this:


If no errors occur, proceed to the next step.

3-Remove MySQL Apt Configuration

sudo rm -rf /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mysql.list*


sudo rm -rf /var/lib/mysql-apt-config
sudo dpkg --purge mysql-apt-config

Double-check that everything related to MySQL is removed:


dpkg -l | grep mysql

It should be empty as in the image below, if not try redoing the previous steps.

4-Remove MySQL Configuration Files

sudo rm -rf /etc/mysql /var/lib/mysql

5-Edit sources.list to Remove MySQL Repositories

Check the sources.list file for MySQL repository entries (example: deb
http://repo.mysql.com/apt/ubuntu bionic main),
there should be none like the picture below:
cat /etc/apt/sources.list | grep mysql

If there are entries, open the sources.list file:


sudo vi /etc/apt/sources.list

Look for (example: deb http://repo.mysql.com/apt/ubuntu bionic main) and delete


lines referencing MySQL repositories.

If no errors occur, proceed to the next step.

6-Update Packages
sudo apt update

If you got an error like this (if no error skip to step7) :

Do this command and kill all running processes (ignore grep color) :
ps aux | grep apt
In this case, we have to kill this running process using their PID :

You can kill them by sudo kill -9 <PID>


So in our case gonna be :
sudo kill -9 87243
sudo kill -9 87243
sudo kill -9 87497
sudo kill -9 87631
Again do ps aux | grep apt :
Now it is good, we can skip that grep color process

Do again sudo apt update


Perfect, continue to step 7.

7-Clean APT Cache


sudo apt clean

8-Configure Any Pending Packages


sudo dpkg --configure -a

9-Install MySQL 5.7

Let's install MySQL 5.7 now (the next command is one line command) :

sudo wget -O mysql57


https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nuuxcode/alx-system_engineering-devops/master/scripts/
mysql57 && sudo chmod +x mysql57 && sudo ./mysql57

Note: I updated the script to select Bionic and 5.7 by default, so if you find them
already selected, you can just press enter and OK… if they are not selected by
default, follow with the pictures below.

A few windows are going to show up. Follow the prompts to select Ubuntu Bionic,
change to MySQL 5.7, and set a password if needed.

Select Ubuntu bionic and press enter:


See the picture below, notice it shows MySQL 8.0, we will need to change it to 5.7,
press enter: (if it shows 5.7 you can scroll down to OK and press enter)

After you press enter, a list of versions will show up, scroll up select 5.7, and press
enter:
(skip this if already have 5.7 selected)
After you press enter you will see something like this, just scroll down to ok and
press enter, but notice that version did change to 5.7 :

The script will continue then another window gonna show up asking you about
MySQL password, feel free to enter any password, (for me to avoid problems I just
leave it empty which means no password ) then press enter:
The script will continue installing

In the end will show something like this :

Congratulations, MySQL 5.7 is now installed correctly!

After installation, check MySQL status:


sudo service mysql status
If issues persist, use the following commands to debug:

journalctl -u mysql.service

cat /var/log/mysql/error.log

journalctl -xe

Check this post to learn more about MySQL :


https://shazaali.substack.com/p/database-administration

Others guide :
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KtK5lm2cTzs6eudFUEtBCo8Zdt3Pl-VKhlald
4NzNKo/edit

Good luck!
You Got This ♥

Written by Mounssif nuuX BOUHLAOUI :


https://twitter.com/nuux_tv/

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