[ubuntu-za] MySQL

[Jason Norwood-Young]

On Thu, 2007-03-29 at 23:50 +0200, Gustav H Meyer wrote:
> I also haven't specifically installed mysql but have the following
> installed:
> 
> $ aptitude search mysql|grep ^i
> i   libmysqlclient15off             - mysql database client library
> i   mysql-common                    - mysql database common files (e.g.
> 
> Don't know why. Yet. :)

It just occurred to me that the easiest way to see if MySql is being
used is just to check what databases are on there. You can log in from
the command line (mysql -u root) and then list the databases (SHOW
databases;).

If nothing's there apart from the mysql database then I'd say it's safe
to uninstall it.

J