I wanted to reinstall MySQL database earlier today and when I want to install them back, this error happens. Can anyone please help me with this?
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I’ve checked /var/lib/mysql and there is nothing in it. How do I solve this? Oh and uh, I don’t really know much about linux… Sorry if I annoy you with my lack of knowledge
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