Attempt to (re)install mysql fails

[Alexander Smirnov]

john d. herron wrote:
> Hello everyone.
> I somehow managed to mess up the mysql version that was installed 
> originally with Kubuntu 7.04.
> So I uninstalled it, then attempted to re-install it via synaptic.
> The install procedure yielded the following error message:
>
> "W: Failed to fetch 
> http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/libd/libdbd-mysql-perl/libdbd-mysql-perl_3.0008-1build1_i386.deb
>   404 Not Found"
>
> Efforts to find the file anywhere were fruitless.
> What am I to do, or where did I go wrong?
>
I would update apt cache first
% sudo apt-get update
and then
% apt-get install mysql-server

if above doesn't help, then try another mirror