Can't install mysql-server/client on ubuntu 16
We execute the following commands to solve the above problem:
- Get the list of MySQL packages installed on the system by executing the command
sudo dpkg -l | grep mysql - Remove the the packages shown above by executing the command
sudo apt-get --purge autoremove <packages from the step 1> - Delete
/var/lib/mysql - Try to install mysql again. It should solve your problem.