[Bug 407310] [NEW] Failed to check for installed and available applications

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while trying to open add/remove programs the error displaying the error
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Failed to check for installed and available applications
This is a major failure of your software management system. Please check for broken packages with synaptic, check the file permissions and correctness of the file '/etc/apt/sources.list' and reload the software information with: 'sudo apt-get update' and 'sudo apt-get install -f'.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Dependencies:
 
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Package: mysql-server-5.0 None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/mysql-server-5.0.list]
SourcePackage: mysql-dfsg-5.0
Title: package mysql-server-5.0 None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/mysql-server-5.0.list] failed to install/upgrade: subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-7-generic i686

** Affects: mysql-dfsg-5.0 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-package
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Failed to check for installed and available applications
https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/407310
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