Cacher is the code snippet organizer for pro developers

-- Reinstall
First remove MySQL:

sudo apt-get remove --purge mysql-server mysql-client mysql-common
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get autoclean
Then reinstall:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install mysql-server
sudo mysql_install_db
sudo /usr/bin/mysql_secure_installation

-- Basic commands

service mysqld start
service mysqld stop
service mysqld restart

sudo /etc/init.d/mysql start
sudo /etc/init.d/mysql stop
sudo /etc/init.d/mysql restart