ubuntu completely uninstall and re install Mysql and phpmyadmin

#removing Mysql
sudo apt-get remove --purge mysql-server mysql-client mysql-common
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get autoclean

sudo rm -rf /var/lib/mysql            or backup sudo mv /var/lib/mysql /var/lib/mysql-bak
sudo rm -rf /etc/mysql*

#removing phpmyadmin
sudo apt-get autoremove phpmyadmin

#installing Mysql
sudo apt-get install mysql-server

#Installing phpmyadmin
sudo apt-get install phpmyadmin

Author: bm on July 9, 2014
Category: ubuntu