I'm running kubuntu. I tried using tasksel to install lampp but decided to go back to xampp. When I tried use tasksel to uninstall lamp it uninstalled my kubuntu desktop so I had to reinstall the desktop. Now I get the mysql error when I try to start xampp.
What I have tried
sudo apt-get remove --purge mysql-server
Package mysql-server is not installed, so not removed
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
sudo /etc/init.d/mysql stop
sudo: /etc/init.d/mysql: command not found
I also tried to reinstall xampp with the same results.
The following packages are installed...
libmysqlclient16
libqt4-sql-mysql
mysql-client-core-5.1
mysql-common
mysql-server-core.5.1
However, when I go to uninstall any of them it warns me that my kde desktop is going to be uninstalled.
Suggestions? Before I tried to install using tasksel everything worked.