#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