santosh@explorer:~$ mysql
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket
'/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)

santosh@explorer:~$ sudo apt-get install mysql-server
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily
unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/),
is another process using it?

santosh@explorer:~$ sudo service mysql start
 [sudo] password for santosh:
 mysql: unrecognized service

santosh@explorer:~$ sudo apt-get install mysql
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package mysql

sudo service mysql start

sudo apt-get install mysql-server-5.1 --reinstall

sudo dpkg-reconfigure mysql-server-5.1

sudo fuser -v /var/cache/debconf/config.dat

sudo kill PID

sudo kill -9 PID

sudo apt-get install phpmyadmin