Hi all ommunauty , it's my first message I have Debian in my dedicaced server and i have read a tutorial for lighttpd and php + mysql installation : Here http://www.howtoforge.com/lighttpd_mysql_php_debian_etch All work correctly but mysql don't work , when i type in ssh ( putty ) Code: mysqladmin -u root password yourrootsqlpassword mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed error: 'Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)' Check that mysqld is running and that the socket: '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' exists! * I have tried to reinstall to delete mysql without result * I have tried to reinstall mysql without result My questions : Some one know how to delete totaly mysql from my server ? and reinstall it again i have tried : apt-get remove --purge mysql-server mysql-server , but the configurations files still in the server When i try apt-get install mysql-server5 mysql-client5 : E: Couldn't find package mysql-server5 Some oine can give me the source.list package ? I have this actually : Code: /etc/apt# cat sources.list # # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r1 _Etch_ - Official amd64 NETINST Binary-1 20070820-20:16]/ etch contrib main #deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r1 _Etch_ - Official amd64 NETINST Binary-1 20070820-20:16]/ etch contrib main deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib deb-src http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib deb http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ etch main deb-src http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ etch main deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib non-free deb-src http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib non-free deb http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ stable main contrib non-free deb-src http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ stable main contrib non-free Thank you
