dpkg error: pycompile: not found

Question

sudo apt-get remove --purge mysql-server mysql-client mysql-common

I am getting the following error as I try to remove mysql using the above command:

Answer 1

Try this:

First remove packages not more needed:

sudo apt-get autoremove

Clears out the local repository of retrieved package files

sudo apt-get autoclean

Remove the packages(mysql-client is not installed):

sudo apt-get remove mysql-server mysql-common