WARNING: Removing MySQL Server will remove your KDE Desktop Environment and a number of KDE applications.
Removing MySQL Server ensures that, the existing files or services installed by it, will not create conflict when we install MySQL Server from the source code.
The following procedure will completely remove MySQL Server from our system.
1) Removing MySQL Server Packages
2) Removing MySQL User and Group
1) Removing MySQL Server Packages
Let us get a list of all installed packages with mysql in their name.
# yum list installed *mysql*
OPTIONS EXPLAINED list Is used to list various information about available packages; more complete details are available in the List Options section. installed List the packages installed on the system specified by args. If an argument does not match the name of an available package, it is assumed to be a shell-style glob and any matches are printed.
NOTE: The escape character '' prevents our shell from parsing '*'. So that yum gets the global expression we intended, which is *mysql*.
We will get a list of all installed packages having mysql in their name.
NOTE: Repository information has been stripped from the below output.
dovecot-mysql.i686 1:2.0.9-2.el6_1.1 libdbi-dbd-mysql.i686 0.8.3-5.1.el6 mysql-bench.i686 5.1.61-4.el6 mysql-connector-java.noarch 1:5.1.17-6.el6 mysql-connector-odbc.i686 5.1.5r1144-7.el6 mysql-devel.i686 5.1.61-4.el6 mysql.i686 5.1.61-4.el6 mysql-libs.i686 5.1.61-4.el6 MySQL-python.i686 1.2.3-0.3.c1.1.el6 mysql-server.i686 5.1.61-4.el6 mysql-test.i686 5.1.61-4.el6 perl-DBD-MySQL.i686 4.013-3.el6 qt3-MySQL.i686 3.3.8b-30.el6 qt-mysql.i686 1:4.6.2-24.el6 rsyslog-mysql.i686 5.8.10-2.el6
We can get a description of each of the above package by using the yum info command. For example, to get information on mysql.i686 package, execute the following command. The architecture spec i686 need not be specified.
# yum info mysql
OPTIONS EXPLAINED
info
Is used to list a description and summary information about available packages; takes the same arguments as in the List Options section.
Also we can get a list of all files with their locations, installed by a specific package, by using the rpm -ql command. For example, to get information on mysql.i686 package, execute the following command. The architecture spec i686 need not be specified.
# rpm -ql mysql
OPTIONS EXPLAINED -q query -l list files in package
The yum descriptions for each package is given below. It is for us to understand what each packages are, so that we can decide which of them to remove.
dovecot-mysql.i686 This package provides the MySQL back end for dovecot-auth etc. libdbi-dbd-mysql.i686 This plugin provides connectivity to MySQL database servers through the libdbi database independent abstraction layer. Switching a program's plugin does not require recompilation or rewriting source code. mysql-bench.i686 MySQL is a multi-user, multi-threaded SQL database server. This package contains benchmark scripts and data for use when benchmarking MySQL. mysql-connector-java.noarch MySQL Connector/J is a native Java driver that converts JDBC (Java Database Connectivity) calls into the network protocol used by the MySQL database. It lets developers working with the Java programming language easily build programs and applets that interact with MySQL and connect all corporate data, even in a heterogeneous environment. MySQL Connector/J is a Type IV JDBC driver and has a complete JDBC feature set that supports the capabilities of MySQL. mysql-connector-odbc.i686 An ODBC (rev 3) driver for MySQL, for use with unixODBC. mysql-devel.i686 MySQL is a multi-user, multi-threaded SQL database server. This package contains the libraries and header files that are needed for developing MySQL client applications. mysql.i686 MySQL is a multi-user, multi-threaded SQL database server. MySQL is a client/server implementation consisting of a server daemon (mysqld) and many different client programs and libraries. The base package contains the standard MySQL client programs and generic MySQL files. mysql-libs.i686 The mysql-libs package provides the essential shared libraries for any MySQL client program or interface. You will need to install this package to use any other MySQL package or any clients that need to connect to a MySQL server. MySQL-python.i686 Python interface to MySQL. MySQLdb is an interface to the popular MySQL database server for Python. The design goals are: - Compliance with Python database API version 2.0 - Thread-safety - Thread-friendliness (threads will not block each other) - Compatibility with MySQL 3.23 and up This module should be mostly compatible with an older interface written by Joe Skinner and others. However, the older version is a) not thread-friendly, b) written for MySQL 3.21, c) apparently not actively maintained. No code from that version is used in MySQLdb. mysql-server.i686 MySQL is a multi-user, multi-threaded SQL database server. MySQL is a client/server implementation consisting of a server daemon (mysqld) and many different client programs and libraries. This package contains the MySQL server and some accompanying files and directories. mysql-test.i686 MySQL is a multi-user, multi-threaded SQL database server. This package contains the regression test suite distributed with the MySQL sources perl-DBD-MySQL.i686 An implementation of DBI for MySQL for Perl qt3-MySQL.i686 MySQL driver for Qt 3's SQL classes (QSQL) qt-mysql.i686 MySQL driver for Qt's SQL classes. rsyslog-mysql.i686 The rsyslog-mysql package contains a dynamic shared object that will add MySQL database support to rsyslog.
For removing MySQL Server, we can ignore the packages dovecot-mysql.i686, libdbi-dbd-mysql.i686, MySQL-python.i686, perl-DBD-MySQL.i686, qt3-MySQL.i686, qt-mysql.i686, rsyslog-mysql.i686 and remove rest of the packages. In the terminal, execute the following command.
# yum remove mysql mysql-bench mysql-devel mysql-libs mysql-server mysql-test mysql-connector-java mysql-connector-odbc
OPTIONS EXPLAINED
remove [ARGS]
Are used to remove the specified packages from the system as well as removing any packages which depend on the package being removed. remove operates on groups, files, provides and filelists just like the "install" command.(See Specifying package names for more information)
We will get a detailed list of all packages along with their dependencies, ready to be removed. There will be also a [y/N] prompt, asking permission to continue.
NOTE: Repository information has been stripped from the below output.
======================================================================================== Package Arch Version Size ======================================================================================== Removing: mysql i686 5.1.61-4.el6 2.3 M mysql-bench i686 5.1.61-4.el6 2.6 M mysql-connector-java noarch 1:5.1.17-6.el6 2.8 M mysql-connector-odbc i686 5.1.5r1144-7.el6 328 k mysql-devel i686 5.1.61-4.el6 387 k mysql-libs i686 5.1.61-4.el6 3.9 M mysql-server i686 5.1.61-4.el6 24 M mysql-test i686 5.1.61-4.el6 99 M Removing for dependencies: MySQL-python i686 1.2.3-0.3.c1.1.el6 239 k PyKDE4 i686 4.3.4-5.el6 20 M akonadi i686 1.2.1-2.el6 1.7 M dovecot-mysql i686 1:2.0.9-2.el6_1.1 13 k kcoloredit i686 4.3.3-2.el6 517 k kdeaccessibility i686 1:4.3.4-5.el6 8.1 M kdeaccessibility-libs i686 1:4.3.4-5.el6 157 k kdeadmin i686 7:4.3.4-5.el6 3.1 M kdeartwork-screensavers i686 4.3.4-7.el6 728 k kdebase i686 6:4.3.4-5.el6 12 M kdebase-devel i686 6:4.3.4-5.el6 44 k kdebase-libs i686 6:4.3.4-5.el6 660 k kdebase-runtime i686 4.3.4-9.el6 13 M kdebase-runtime-libs i686 4.3.4-9.el6 4.0 M kdebase-workspace i686 4.3.4-23.el6 25 M kdebase-workspace-akonadi i686 4.3.4-23.el6 95 k kdebase-workspace-devel i686 4.3.4-23.el6 618 k kdebase-workspace-libs i686 4.3.4-23.el6 2.1 M kdebase-workspace-python-applet i686 4.3.4-23.el6 46 k kdegames i686 6:4.3.4-5.el6 64 M kdegames-libs i686 6:4.3.4-5.el6 3.4 M kdegraphics i686 7:4.3.4-6.el6 6.1 M kdegraphics-devel i686 7:4.3.4-6.el6 322 k kdegraphics-libs i686 7:4.3.4-6.el6 2.5 M kdelibs i686 6:4.3.4-14.el6 41 M kdelibs-devel i686 6:4.3.4-14.el6 6.6 M kdelibs-experimental i686 4.3.4-3.el6 91 k kdemultimedia i686 6:4.3.4-3.el6 2.4 M kdemultimedia-devel i686 6:4.3.4-3.el6 37 k kdemultimedia-libs i686 6:4.3.4-3.el6 780 k kdenetwork i686 7:4.3.4-11.el6_0.1 18 M kdenetwork-devel i686 7:4.3.4-11.el6_0.1 421 k kdenetwork-libs i686 7:4.3.4-11.el6_0.1 4.9 M kdepim i686 6:4.3.4-5.el6 20 M kdepim-devel i686 6:4.3.4-5.el6 456 k kdepim-libs i686 6:4.3.4-5.el6 20 M kdepim-runtime i686 4.3.4-5.el6 2.9 M kdepim-runtime-libs i686 4.3.4-5.el6 773 k kdepimlibs i686 4.3.4-4.el6 6.2 M kdepimlibs-akonadi i686 4.3.4-4.el6 1.2 M kdepimlibs-devel i686 4.3.4-4.el6 1.8 M kdeplasma-addons i686 4.3.4-5.el6 5.1 M kdeplasma-addons-libs i686 4.3.4-5.el6 803 k kdesdk i686 4.3.4-4.el6 19 M kdesdk-devel i686 4.3.4-4.el6 562 k kdesdk-libs i686 4.3.4-4.el6 785 k kdeutils i686 6:4.3.4-7.el6 5.5 M kdeutils-libs i686 6:4.3.4-7.el6 1.3 M kdm i686 4.3.4-23.el6 2.8 M kiconedit i686 4.3.3-1.el6 1.6 M kio_sysinfo i686 20090930-1.el6 509 k kipi-plugins i686 0.8.0-5.el6 13 M kipi-plugins-libs i686 0.8.0-5.el6 133 k kmid i686 2.0-0.14.20080213svn.el6 1.3 M konq-plugins i686 4.3.3-5.el6 4.2 M kross-python i686 4.3.4-5.el6 340 k ksig i686 1.1-0.10.20080213.el6 228 k ksshaskpass i686 0.5.1-4.1.el6 30 k libdbi-dbd-mysql i686 0.8.3-5.1.el6 21 k perl-DBD-MySQL i686 4.013-3.el6 341 k postfix i686 2:2.6.6-2.2.el6_1 9.3 M qt-mysql i686 1:4.6.2-24.el6 61 k qt3-MySQL i686 3.3.8b-30.el6 47 k redland i686 1.0.7-11.el6 611 k rsyslog-mysql i686 5.8.10-2.el6 10 k soprano i686 2.3.1-1.2.el6 1.9 M Transaction Summary ======================================================================================== Remove 74 Package(s) Installed size: 501 M Is this ok [y/N]:
If we remove the MySQL Server packages, the dependency packages will also be removed. This will remove all 66 dependency packages, causing the Desktop Environment KDE and certain applications associated with it to vanish. That is a loss we have to take.
NOTE: The packages dovecot-mysql.i686, libdbi-dbd-mysql.i686, MySQL-python.i686, perl-DBD-MySQL.i686, qt3-MySQL.i686, qt-mysql.i686, rsyslog-mysql.i686 which we ignored are also listed as dependencies.
The yum descriptions for dependency packages are given below.
akonadi.i686 Requires an available instance of mysql server at runtime. Akonadi can spawn a per-user one automatically if the mysql-server package is installed on the machine. See also: /etc/akonadi/mysql-global.conf dovecot-mysql.i686 This package provides the MySQL back end for dovecot-auth etc. kcoloredit.i686 KColorEdit is a palette files editor. It can be used for editing color palettes and for color choosing and naming. kdeaccessibility.i686 Included with this package are: * kmag: a screen magnifier * kmousetool: a program for people whom it hurts to click the mouse * kmouth: program that allows people who have lost their voice * ktts: text to speech support kdeaccessibility-libs.i686 Runtime libraries for kdeaccessibility. kdeadmin.i686 The kdeadmin package includes administrative tools including: * kcron: systemsettings module for the cron task scheduler * knetworkconf: systemsettings module for network settings * ksystemlog: system log viewer * kuser: user manager kdeartwork-screensavers.i686 screensavers for KDE. kdebase.i686 Core runtime requirements and applications for the KDE 4. kdebase-devel.i686 Development files for kdebase. kdebase-libs.i686 Runtime libraries for kdebase. kdebase-runtime.i686 Core runtime for the KDE 4. kdebase-runtime-libs.i686 Runtime libraries for kdebase-runtime. kdebase-workspace.i686 The KDE Workspace consists of what is the desktop of the KDE Desktop Environment. This package contains: * khotkeys (a hotkey daemon) * klipper (a cut & paste history utility) * kmenuedit (the menu editor) * krandrtray (resize and rotate X screens) * krunner (a command run interface) * ksysguard (a performance monitor) * kwin (the window manager of KDE) * kxkb (a utility to switch keyboard maps) * plasma (the KDE desktop, panels and widgets workspace application) * systemsettings (the configuration editor) kdebase-workspace-akonadi.i686 Akonadi integration for KDE Workspace. kdebase-workspace-devel.i686 Development files for kdebase-workspace. kdebase-workspace-libs.i686 Runtime libraries for kdebase-workspace. kdebase-workspace-python-applet.i686 Plasma widget in Python. kdegames.i686 Games for KDE 4, including: * bomber * bovo * kapman * katomic * kblackbox * kblocks * kbounce * kbreakout * kdiamond * kfourinline * kgoldrunner * killbots * kiriki * kjumpingcube * klines * kmahjongg * kmines * knetwalk * kolf * kollision * konquest * kpat * kreversi * ksame * kshisen * ksirk * kspaceduel * ksquares * ksudoku * ktuberling * kubrick * lskat kdegames-libs.i686 Runtime libraries for kdegames. kdegraphics.i686 Graphics applications, including * gwenview (an image viewer) * kamera (digital camera support) * kcolorchooser (a color chooser) * kolourpaint4 (an easy-to-use paint program) * kruler (screen ruler and color measurement tool) * ksnapshot (screen capture utility) * okular (a document viewer) kdegraphics-devel.i686 Developer files for kdegraphics. kdegraphics-libs.i686 Runtime libraries for kdegraphics. kdelibs.i686 Libraries for the K Desktop Environment 4. kdelibs-devel.i686 This package includes the header files you will need to compile applications for KDE 4. kdelibs-experimental.i686 KDE libraries with experimental or unstable api/abi. kdemultimedia.i686 The kdemultimedia package contains multimedia applications, including: * dragonplayer (a simple video player) * juk (a music manager and player) * kmix (an audio mixer) kdemultimedia-devel.i686 Developer files for kdemultimedia. kdemultimedia-libs.i686 Runtime libraries for kdemultimedia. kdenetwork.i686 Networking applications, including: * kget: downloader manager * kopete: chat client * kppp: dialer and front end for pppd * krdc: a client for Desktop Sharing and other VNC servers * krfb: Desktop Sharing server, allow others to access your desktop via VNC kdenetwork-devel.i686 Development files for kdenetwork. kdenetwork-libs.i686 Runtime libraries for kdenetwork. kdepim.i686 PIM (Personal Information Manager) applications, including: * akregator: feed aggregator * kmail: email client * knode: newsreader * knotes: sticky notes for the desktop * kontact: integrated PIM management * korganizer: journal, appointments, events, todos * kpilot: HotSync® software for Palm OS® devices kdepim-devel.i686 Development files for kdepim. Install kdepim-devel if you want to write or compile kdepim plugins. kdepim-libs.i686 kdepim runtime libraries. kdepim-runtime.i686 KDE PIM Runtime Environment kdepim-runtime-libs.i686 kdepim-runtime runtime libraries. kdepimlibs.i686 Personal Information Management (PIM) libraries for the K Desktop Environment 4. kdepimlibs-akonadi.i686 Akonadi runtime support for kdepimlibs. kdepimlibs-devel.i686 Header files for developing applications using kdepimlibs. kdeplasma-addons.i686 Additional plasmoids for KDE. kdeplasma-addons-libs.i686 Runtime libraries for kdeplasma-addons. kdesdk.i686 A collection of applications and tools used by developers, including: * cervisia: a CVS frontend * kate: advanced text editor * kbugbuster: a tool to manage the KDE bug report system * kcachegrind: a browser for data produced by profiling tools (e.g. cachegrind) * kompare: diff tool * kuiviewer: displays designer's UI files * lokalize: computer-aided translation system focusing on productivity and performance * umbrello: UML modeller and UML diagram tool kdesdk-devel.i686 Files for developing applications using kdesdk. kdesdk-libs.i686 Runtime libraries for kdesdk. kdeutils.i686 Utilities for the K Desktop Environment. Includes: * ark: tar/gzip archive manager * kcalc: scientific calculator * kcharselect: character selector * kdelirc: Linux Infrared Remote Control frontend * kdessh: ssh front end * kdf: view disk usage * kfloppy: floppy formatting tool * kgpg: gpg gui * ktimer: task scheduler * kwalletmanager: kde wallet management tool * okteta: binary/hex editor * superkaramba * sweeper: clean unwanted traces the user leaves on the system kdeutils-libs.i686 Runtime libraries for kdeutils. kdm.i686 KDM provides the graphical login screen, shown shortly after boot up, log out, and when user switching. kiconedit.i686 KIconEdit is designed to help create icons for KDE using the standard icon palette. kio_sysinfo.i686 This is a sysinfo:/ KIO slave, which shows basic system information often requested by users. kipi-plugins.i686 This package contains plugins to use with Kipi, the KDE Image Plugin Interface. Currently implemented plugins are: AcquireImages : acquire images using flat scanner AdvancedSlideshow : slide images with 2D and 3D effects using OpenGL Calendar : create calendars FlickrExport : export images to a remote Flickr web service GalleryExport : export images to a remote Gallery server GPSSync : geolocalize pictures HTMLExport : export images collections into a static XHTML page ImageViewer : preview images using OpenGL JpegLossLess : rotate/flip images without losing quality KioExportImport : export/imports pictures to/from accessible via KIO MetadataEdit : edit EXIF, IPTC and XMP metadata PicasaWebExport : export images to a remote Picasa web service RemoveRedEyes : remove red eyes on image automatically RawConverter : convert Raw Image to JPEG/PNG/TIFF SendImages : send images by e-mail SimpleViewerExport : export images to Flash using SimpleViewer ShwupExport : export images to a remote Shwup web service SmugExport : export images to a remote SmugMug web service FbExport : export images to a remote Facebook web service TimeAdjust : adjust date and time PrintWizard : print images in various format kipi-plugins-libs.i686 Runtime libraries for kipi-plugins. kmid.i686 KMid is a midi/karaoke file player, with configurable midi mapper, real Session Management, drag & drop, customizable fonts, etc. It has a very nice interface which let you easily follow the tune while changing the color of the lyrics. It supports output through external synthesizers, AWE, FM and GUS cards. It also has a keyboard view to see the notes played by each instrument. konq-plugins.i686 Some additional plugins that interact with konqueror * adblock: AdBlock plugin * akregator: Add feeds directly to akregator (kdepim is needed) * autorefresh: Refresh websites after a specifig period * babelfish: Translate a website with babelfish * crashes: Crash monitor * dirfilter: Filter the current directory in many ways * domtreeviewer: Displays the document object model in a box * fsview: Graphical Disk Usage for inode/directory * imagerotation: service menu to image operations * khtmlsettingsplugin: Enable/disable some HTML settings * kimggalleryplugin: Creates an HTML page with thumbnails of all the images in the current directory. * mediarealfolder: service menu to open a medium mountpoints * minitools: Implement bookmarklets into konqueror * rellinks: Allows access to relations defined in the header of a document * searchbar: Search Bar * sidebar: a small embedded mediaplayer, for songs/video preview * smbmounter: provides two menus items to smbmount/umount samba shares * uachanger: Change the user agent for websites * validators: Website validators * webarchiver: Web Archiver kross-python.i686 Python plugin for the Kross archtecture in KDE4. ksig.i686 KSig is a graphical tool for keeping track of many different email signatures. The signatures themselves can be edited through KSig's graphical user interface. A command-line interface is then available for generating random or daily signatures from a list. The command-line interface makes a suitable plugin for generating signatures in external mail clients such as KMail. ksshaskpass.i686 A KDE version of ssh-askpass with KWallet support. Please read /usr/share/doc/ksshaskpass-0.5.1/README.Fedora for usage instructions libdbi-dbd-mysql.i686 This plugin provides connectivity to MySQL database servers through the libdbi database independent abstraction layer. Switching a program's plugin does not require recompilation or rewriting source code. MySQL-python.i686 Python interface to MySQL. MySQLdb is an interface to the popular MySQL database server for Python. The design goals are: - Compliance with Python database API version 2.0 - Thread-safety - Thread-friendliness (threads will not block each other) - Compatibility with MySQL 3.23 and up This module should be mostly compatible with an older interface written by Joe Skinner and others. However, the older version is a) not thread-friendly, b) written for MySQL 3.21, c) apparently not actively maintained. No code from that version is used in MySQLdb. perl-DBD-MySQL.i686 An implementation of DBI for MySQL for Perl PyKDE4.i686 Python bindings for KDE4. postfix.i686 Postfix is a Mail Transport Agent (MTA), supporting LDAP, SMTP AUTH (SASL), TLS qt-mysql.i686 MySQL driver for Qt's SQL classes. qt3-MySQL.i686 MySQL driver for Qt 3's SQL classes (QSQL) redland.i686 Redland is a library that provides a high-level interface for RDF (Resource Description Framework) implemented in an object-based API. It is modular and supports different RDF/XML parsers, storage mechanisms and other elements. Redland is designed for applications developers to provide RDF support in their applications as well as for RDF developers to experiment with the technology. rsyslog-mysql.i686 The rsyslog-mysql package contains a dynamic shared object that will add MySQL database support to rsyslog. soprano.i686 Qt wrapper API to different RDF storage solutions.
Type y and press Enter to continue. All the MySQL Server packages along with their dependencies will be removed from the system.
2) Removing MySQL User and Group
MySQL Server runs under the user and group, both named mysql. So let us remove both the user and group.
In the terminal, execute the following command.
# userdel -r mysql
OPTIONS EXPLAINED
-r
Files in the user's home directory will be removed along with the home directory itself and the user's mail spool. Files located in other file systems will have to be searched for and deleted manually.
The user and group has been removed. We will get the following error.
ERROR: userdel: mysql home directory (/var/lib/mysql) not found
The directory /var/lib/mysql/ is provided by the package mysql-server.i686. The error occurs because, the directory /var/lib/mysql/ has already been removed.
You may go to the following section.
Installing LAMP
