[Bug 210813] Re: package mysql-server-5.0 5.0.51a-3ubuntu5 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Szentes Ferenc]

Hello Sergio,

I am not a guru in linux I want only to try at home to create a little local
net, with database. After this failure installed again the linux (like a
windows) and after it the install was succesfull.

Best regards

Szentes Ferenc

2008/10/6 Sergio Barjola <s3rg76 at gmail.com>

> I had the same problem after an update because the bind-address in
> my.cnf config file wasn't set correctly.
>
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> package mysql-server-5.0 5.0.51a-3ubuntu5 failed to install/upgrade:
> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/210813
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> Status in "mysql-dfsg-5.0" source package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> When I tried : "sudo apt-get install mysql-server" in the terminal, I got
> the following output back:
>
> ===
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> mysql-server is already the newest version.
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> 2 not fully installed or removed.
> After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
> Setting up mysql-server-5.0 (5.0.51a-3ubuntu5) ...
>  * Stopping MySQL database server mysqld
>                        [ OK ]
> Reloading AppArmor profiles : done.
>  * Starting MySQL database server mysqld
>                        [fail]
> invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "start" failed.
> dpkg: error processing mysql-server-5.0 (--configure):
>  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mysql-server:
>  mysql-server depends on mysql-server-5.0; however:
>  Package mysql-server-5.0 is not configured yet.
> dpkg: error processing mysql-server (--configure):
>  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  mysql-server-5.0
>  mysql-server
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>
> ===
>
> ProblemType: Package
> Architecture: i386
> Date: Wed Apr  2 15:30:13 2008
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
> ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit
> status 1
> Package: mysql-server-5.0 5.0.51a-3ubuntu5
> PackageArchitecture: i386
> SourcePackage: mysql-dfsg-5.0
> Title: package mysql-server-5.0 5.0.51a-3ubuntu5 failed to install/upgrade:
> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> Uname: Linux 2.6.24-12-generic i686
>

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package mysql-server-5.0 5.0.51a-3ubuntu5 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
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