installed mysql-server-8.0 package pre-removal script subprocess returned error exit status 1

 sudo apt-get purge mysql-server
sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq mysql-server
sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq mysql-server
sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq
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 mysql-server-8.0

installed mysql-server-8.0 package pre-removal script subprocess returned error exit status 1


sudo apt-get purge mysql-common
sudo rm -rf /var/log/mysql
sudo rm -rf /var/log/mysql.*
sudo rm -rf /var/lib/mysql
sudo rm -rf /etc/mysql
 

sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq mysql.*
 

# and then:
sudo apt-get install mysql-server --fix-missing --fix-broken