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Comments - Completely Unistall and then Reinstall Mariadb 10.3

5 years, 7 months ago Faustin Lammler
Re: Completely Unistall and then Reinstall Mariadb 10.3

Hi eholz1, thanks for your question.

Some questions:

  • did you have any data in the database?
  • what system are you using?
  • what did you do to "break it"?

By default the root user should be able to connect through socket (no password needed) to your mariadb server ($ sudo mysql) and then you should be able to recover your databases.

If you are using a Debian based distribution, you could try this commands:

$ sudo apt reinstall mariadb-server

But first of all please try to do a backup of your database: https://mariadb.com/kb/en/library/backup-and-restore-overview/

If your database was empty and you just want a clean install, these are the command on Debian based distro:

$ sudo apt purge mariadb-server
$ sudo rm -rf /var/lib/mysql/
$ sudo apt install mariadb-server

Regards,

Faustin

 
5 years, 7 months ago Faustin Lammler
Re: Completely Unistall and then Reinstall Mariadb 10.3

Sorry, command for reinstall on Debian is:

$ sudo apt-get install --reinstall mariadb-server
 
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