Dear Community I have run into some problems with mysql when i tried to root access because I am attempting to set up my vufind, see the steps below: *My version is: *
From Koha interface/ About page: MySQL version: mysql Ver 15.1 Distrib 10.3.34-MariaDB, for debian-linux-gnu (x86_64) using readline 5.2
*However when i attempt to access it like below i got stuck: * root@sciwhk-abcd:~# mysql -u root -p Enter password: ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2) *and then i try;* sudo service mysql start *I get:* Failed to start mysql.service: Unit mysql.service not found. *then i try to reinstalling the package:* *apt-get install mysql-server mysql-client and i get this message* 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 2 not fully installed or removed. After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. Setting up koha-common (21.11.04-2) ... failed to load external entity "/etc/koha/sites/namscience/koha-conf.xml" Upgrading database schema for namscience unable to locate Koha configuration file koha-conf.xml at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Context.pm line 170. unable to locate Koha configuration file koha-conf.xml at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Context.pm line 170. unable to locate Koha configuration file koha-conf.xml at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Context.pm line 170. Use of uninitialized value $file in exists at /usr/share/koha/lib/Koha/Config.pm line 78. Use of uninitialized value $file in hash element at /usr/share/koha/lib/Koha/Config.pm line 79. Use of uninitialized value $file in hash element at /usr/share/koha/lib/Koha/Config.pm line 82. DBIx::Class::Storage::DBI::catch {...} (): DBI Connection failed: Can't call method "get" on an undefined value at /usr/share/koha/lib/Koha/Database.pm line 61. at /usr/share/koha/lib/Koha/Database.pm line 139 dpkg: error processing package koha-common (--configure): installed koha-common package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 2 Setting up dictionaries-common (1.28.1) ... Can't exec "/var/lib/dpkg/info/dictionaries-common.config": Permission denied at /usr/share/perl/5.30/IPC/Open3.pm line 281. open2: exec of /var/lib/dpkg/info/dictionaries-common.config configure 1.28.1 failed: Permission denied at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/ConfModule.pm line 59. My question is: Does uninstalling the myqsl packages affect koha data or is there a solution i can perhaps explore further. Thank you for help in advance Regards Russel *Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft - Namibia*