Hello folkz, I am currently running Debian Linux 2.6.26-2-686. When I attempt to completely remove mysql5.1-server so I can reinstall it I'm getting some strange problems. SERVER:/etc# apt-get --purge remove mysql-client-5.1 mysql-server-5.1 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: libnet-daemon-perl libhtml-template-perl libdbi-perl libdbd-mysql-perl libplrpc-perl Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. The following packages will be REMOVED: mysql-client* mysql-client-5.1* mysql-server* mysql-server-5.1* 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 4 to remove and 3 not upgraded. 2 not fully installed or removed. After this operation, 37.1MB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y (Reading database ... 45620 files and directories currently installed.) Removing mysql-server ... Removing mysql-server-5.1 ... Stopping MySQL database server: mysqld/etc/init.d/mysql: line 44: /usr/sbin/mysqld: No such file or directory /etc/init.d/mysql: line 44: /usr/sbin/mysqld: No such file or directory . Purging configuration files for mysql-server-5.1 ... dpkg - warning: while removing mysql-server-5.1, directory `/etc/mysql' not empty so not removed. Removing mysql-client ... Removing mysql-client-5.1 ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Then I attempt to re-install it-- SERVER:/etc# apt-get install mysql-client-5.1 mysql-server-5.1 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Suggested packages: libterm-readkey-perl tinyca The following NEW packages will be installed: mysql-client-5.1 mysql-server-5.1 0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/16.0MB of archives. After this operation, 36.9MB of additional disk space will be used. WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated! mysql-client-5.1 mysql-server-5.1 Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y Preconfiguring packages ... Selecting previously deselected package mysql-client-5.1. (Reading database ... 45466 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking mysql-client-5.1 (from .../mysql-client-5.1_5.1.54-0.dotdeb.0_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package mysql-server-5.1. Unpacking mysql-server-5.1 (from .../mysql-server-5.1_5.1.54-0.dotdeb.0_i386.deb) ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Setting up mysql-client-5.1 (5.1.54-0.dotdeb.0) ... Setting up mysql-server-5.1 (5.1.54-0.dotdeb.0) ... Stopping MySQL database server: mysqld/etc/init.d/mysql: line 44: /usr/sbin/mysqld: No such file or directory /etc/init.d/mysql: line 44: /usr/sbin/mysqld: No such file or directory . /etc/init.d/mysql: WARNING: /etc/mysql/my.cnf cannot be read. See README.Debian.gz (warning). /etc/init.d/mysql: line 44: /usr/sbin/mysqld: No such file or directory Starting MySQL database server: mysqld/etc/init.d/mysql: line 44: /usr/sbin/mysqld: No such file or directory /etc/init.d/mysql: line 44: /usr/sbin/mysqld: No such file or directory ./etc/init.d/mysql: line 44: /usr/sbin/mysqld: No such file or directory ./etc/init.d/mysql: line 44: /usr/sbin/mysqld: No such file or directory ./etc/init.d/mysql: line 44: /usr/sbin/mysqld: No such file or directory ./etc/init.d/mysql: line 44: /usr/sbin/mysqld: No such file or directory ./etc/init.d/mysql: line 44: /usr/sbin/mysqld: No such file or directory ./etc/init.d/mysql: line 44: /usr/sbin/mysqld: No such file or directory ./etc/init.d/mysql: line 44: /usr/sbin/mysqld: No such file or directory ./etc/init.d/mysql: line 44: /usr/sbin/mysqld: No such file or directory ./etc/init.d/mysql: line 44: /usr/sbin/mysqld: No such file or directory ./etc/init.d/mysql: line 44: /usr/sbin/mysqld: No such file or directory ./etc/init.d/mysql: line 44: /usr/sbin/mysqld: No such file or directory ./etc/init.d/mysql: line 44: /usr/sbin/mysqld: No such file or directory ./etc/init.d/mysql: line 44: /usr/sbin/mysqld: No such file or directory ./etc/init.d/mysql: line 44: /usr/sbin/mysqld: No such file or directory failed! invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "start" failed. dpkg: error processing mysql-server-5.1 (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: mysql-server-5.1 E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) MHGMON:/etc# I noticed /usr/sbin/mysqld does not exist which is Ok since I previously uninstalled it, correct? I'm not sure how to get around this particular problem but any insight would be helpful. Thanks!