Uninstalling mysql from ubuntu 12.04 + higher

Using the steps below you can uninstall mysql from ubuntu,
Started with this
sudo apt-get remove --purge mysql-client mysql-server   


It gave errors- Error Displayed:

E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/)

Delete the lock file 

sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/lock and sudo rm /var/cache/apt/archives/lock for cache

sudo fuser -cuk /var/lib/dpkg/lock; sudo rm -f /var/lib/dpkg/lock

And the same command can be used for the apt cache lock:

sudo fuser -cuk /var/cache/apt/archives/lock; sudo rm -f /var/cache/apt/archives/lock




http://askubuntu.com/questions/15433/how-do-i-fix-a-could-not-get-lock-var-lib-dpkg-lock-problem