I am using an Ubuntu 20.04 VPS.
I've recently been having some issues with MySQL, so I decided the best way to fix it would be to reinstall it. So I made a backup of all my DB's and wanted to purge it. However, when I try to purge it, I get this error:
root@vmi386795:/usr/share/mysql-common# apt purge mysql*
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting 'mysql-source-8.0' for glob 'mysql*'
Note, selecting 'mysqltcl' for glob 'mysql*'
Note, selecting 'mysql-client-5.0' for glob 'mysql*'
Note, selecting 'mysql-client-5.1' for glob 'mysql*'
Note, selecting 'mysql-client-5.5' for glob 'mysql*'
Note, selecting 'mysql-client-5.6' for glob 'mysql*'
Note, selecting 'mysql-client-5.7' for glob 'mysql*'
Note, selecting 'mysql-common-5.6' for glob 'mysql*'
Note, selecting 'mysql-server-4.1' for glob 'mysql*'
Note, selecting 'mysql-server-5.0' for glob 'mysql*'
Note, selecting 'mysql-server-5.1' for glob 'mysql*'
Note, selecting 'mysql-server-5.5' for glob 'mysql*'
Note, selecting 'mysql-server-5.6' for glob 'mysql*'
Note, selecting 'mysql-server-5.7' for glob 'mysql*'
Note, selecting 'mysql-client-8.0' for glob 'mysql*'
Note, selecting 'mysql-testsuite' for glob 'mysql*'
Note, selecting 'mysql-server' for glob 'mysql*'
Note, selecting 'mysql-router' for glob 'mysql*'
Note, selecting 'mysql-server-8.0' for glob 'mysql*'
Note, selecting 'mysql-client' for glob 'mysql*'
Note, selecting 'mysql-sandbox' for glob 'mysql*'
Note, selecting 'mysql-client-core-5.0' for glob 'mysql*'
Note, selecting 'mysql-client-core-5.1' for glob 'mysql*'
Note, selecting 'mysql-client-core-5.5' for glob 'mysql*'
Note, selecting 'mysql-client-core-5.6' for glob 'mysql*'
Note, selecting 'mysql-client-core-5.7' for glob 'mysql*'
Note, selecting 'mysql-client-core-8.0' for glob 'mysql*'
Note, selecting 'mysql-testsuite-5.5' for glob 'mysql*'
Note, selecting 'mysql-testsuite-5.6' for glob 'mysql*'
Note, selecting 'mysql-testsuite-5.7' for glob 'mysql*'
Note, selecting 'mysql-common' for glob 'mysql*'
Note, selecting 'mysql-testsuite-8.0' for glob 'mysql*'
Note, selecting 'mysqltuner' for glob 'mysql*'
Note, selecting 'mysql-server-core-5.0' for glob 'mysql*'
Note, selecting 'mysql-server-core-5.1' for glob 'mysql*'
Note, selecting 'mysql-server-core-5.5' for glob 'mysql*'
Note, selecting 'mysql-server-core-5.6' for glob 'mysql*'
Note, selecting 'mysql-server-core-5.7' for glob 'mysql*'
Note, selecting 'mysql-server-core-8.0' for glob 'mysql*'
Package 'mysql-client-5.7' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'mysql-client-core-5.7' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'mysql-server-5.5' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'mysql-server-5.7' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'mysql-server-core-5.7' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'mysql-client-core-5.5' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'mysql-client-core-5.6' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'mysql-client-5.5' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'mysql-client-5.6' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'mysql-server-core-5.5' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'mysql-server-core-5.6' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'mysql-server-5.6' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'mysql-testsuite-5.5' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'mysql-testsuite-5.6' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'mysql-testsuite-5.7' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'mysql-client-5.0' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'mysql-client-5.1' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'mysql-client-core-5.0' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'mysql-client-core-5.1' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'mysql-server-4.1' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'mysql-server-5.0' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'mysql-server-5.1' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'mysql-server-core-5.0' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'mysql-server-core-5.1' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'mysql-sandbox' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'mysqltcl' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'mysqltuner' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'mysql-client' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'mysql-server' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'mysql-router' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'mysql-source-8.0' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'mysql-testsuite' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'mysql-testsuite-8.0' is not installed, so not removed
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
libaio1 libevent-core-2.1-7 libevent-pthreads-2.1-7
Use 'apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
mysql-client-8.0* mysql-client-core-8.0* mysql-common* mysql-server-8.0 mysql-server-core-8.0*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 5 to remove and 101 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 203 MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
(Reading database ... 124775 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing mysql-server-8.0 (8.0.28-0ubuntu0.20.04.3) ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/mysql-server-8.0.postrm: line 68: /usr/share/mysql-common/configure-symlinks: Is a directory
dpkg: error processing package mysql-server-8.0 (--remove):
installed mysql-server-8.0 package post-removal script subprocess returned error exit status 126
dpkg: too many errors, stopping
Errors were encountered while processing:
mysql-server-8.0
Processing was halted because there were too many errors.
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
sudo apt-get install mysql-server-8.0 --reinstall.