Removing MariaDB Installs MySQL and vice-versa

Question

A very stupid problem I'm facing on Ubuntu 16.04. I want to remove both MySQL and MariaDB client. If running apt remove mysql-client* I get this message:

The following additional packages will be installed:
  mariadb-client mariadb-client-10.0 mariadb-client-core-10.0 mariadb-common
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  mysql-client mysql-client-5.7 mysql-client-core-5.7
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  mariadb-client mariadb-client-10.0 mariadb-client-core-10.0 mariadb-common

And it removes MySQL but installs MariaDB instead. Then If I try to remove MariaDB, again MySQL will be installed automatically.

What the hell is this? How to get rid of both of them?

Why do you want to remove them? They are needed by another programme. — spacelander, Aug 14 '17 at 12:03
@spacelander MySQL stopped working after upgrading Ubuntu. I want to completely remove and re-install it. — Omid, Aug 14 '17 at 12:06
Well are you proficient in MySQL? MariaDB is s fork of MySQL and thus (mostly) compatible — spacelander, Aug 14 '17 at 12:08
@Omid It is? I didn't really expect this to happen… Sometimes it's the simple things. ;-) Do you mind accepting my answer below? — dessert, Aug 14 '17 at 12:16

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 14 '17 at 12:14

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Try to remove both:

sudo apt remove mysql-client* mariadb*

answered Aug 14 '17 at 12:14

dessert

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The most unexpected thing to happen ;) +1 – Omid Aug 14 '17 at 12:21

Removing MariaDB Installs MySQL and vice-versa

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