In apt, to get the list of mysql installed packages I do
# dpkg -l | grep -i mysql
you should find the equivalent command on rpm; maybe rpm -l but I'm not sure.
Then, when I have the list, I can remove each package with
#apt-get remove --purge -u <package_name>then reinstall the package.
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# rpm -e /var/lib/mysql
here it seems you are trying to remove the file, not the package, find out the package installed and then remove it :)
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# mysql > [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# mysqld > [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# /var/lib/mysql stop > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mysql]# mysql restart
here it seems that you are tring to make MySQL start. On debian (I use this distribution), for make mysql start, restart, stop i do
#/etc/init.d/mysql start/restart/stop
then I connect to mysql with
$ mysql <db_name>Hope this may help you.
Bye D.
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