[Bug 351562] Re: mysql server install failed

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** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt"
   http://launchpadlibrarian.net/24514919/Dependencies.txt

** Attachment added: "DpkgTerminalLog.gz"
   http://launchpadlibrarian.net/24514920/DpkgTerminalLog.gz

** Description changed:

  just did a:
  
  apt-get install mysql-server
  
  and it failed and requested I submit an error report so i said what the
  heck!
  
  
  Here is what I did:
  
  $ sudo apt-get install mysql-server                                                                                                                             
  Reading package lists... Done                                                                                                                                                       
  Building dependency tree                                                                                                                                                            
  Reading state information... Done                                                                                                                                                   
  The following extra packages will be installed:                                                                                                                                     
    libdbd-mysql-perl libdbi-perl libnet-daemon-perl libplrpc-perl mysql-client-5.0 mysql-server-5.0                                                                                  
  Suggested packages:                                                                                                                                                                 
    dbishell mysql-doc-5.0 tinyca mailx                                                                                                                                               
  The following NEW packages will be installed:                                                                                                                                       
    libdbd-mysql-perl libdbi-perl libnet-daemon-perl libplrpc-perl mysql-client-5.0 mysql-server mysql-server-5.0                                                                     
  0 upgraded, 7 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
  Need to get 35.8MB of archives.
  After this operation, 109MB of additional disk space will be used.
  Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
  Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main libnet-daemon-perl 0.38-1.1 [45.9kB]
  Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main libplrpc-perl 0.2017-1.1 [35.0kB]
  Get:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main libdbi-perl 1.605-1 [787kB]
  Get:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main libdbd-mysql-perl 4.007-1build1 [140kB]
  Get:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main mysql-client-5.0 5.0.67-0ubuntu6 [7879kB]
  Get:6 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main mysql-server-5.0 5.0.67-0ubuntu6 [26.8MB]
  Get:7 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main mysql-server 5.0.67-0ubuntu6 [54.9kB]
  Fetched 35.8MB in 32s (1086kB/s)
  Preconfiguring packages ...
  Selecting previously deselected package libnet-daemon-perl.
  (Reading database ... 113877 files and directories currently installed.)
  Unpacking libnet-daemon-perl (from .../libnet-daemon-perl_0.38-1.1_all.deb) ...
  Selecting previously deselected package libplrpc-perl.
  Unpacking libplrpc-perl (from .../libplrpc-perl_0.2017-1.1_all.deb) ...
  Selecting previously deselected package libdbi-perl.
  Unpacking libdbi-perl (from .../libdbi-perl_1.605-1_i386.deb) ...
  Selecting previously deselected package libdbd-mysql-perl.
  Unpacking libdbd-mysql-perl (from .../libdbd-mysql-perl_4.007-1build1_i386.deb) ...
  Selecting previously deselected package mysql-client-5.0.
  Unpacking mysql-client-5.0 (from .../mysql-client-5.0_5.0.67-0ubuntu6_i386.deb) ...
  Selecting previously deselected package mysql-server-5.0.
  Unpacking mysql-server-5.0 (from .../mysql-server-5.0_5.0.67-0ubuntu6_i386.deb) ...
  Selecting previously deselected package mysql-server.
  Unpacking mysql-server (from .../mysql-server_5.0.67-0ubuntu6_all.deb) ...
  Processing triggers for man-db ...
  Setting up libnet-daemon-perl (0.38-1.1) ...
  Setting up libplrpc-perl (0.2017-1.1) ...
  Setting up libdbi-perl (1.605-1) ...
  Setting up libdbd-mysql-perl (4.007-1build1) ...
  Setting up mysql-client-5.0 (5.0.67-0ubuntu6) ...
  Setting up mysql-server-5.0 (5.0.67-0ubuntu6) ...
   * 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
  No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
                                                                                                            Errors were encountered while processing:
   mysql-server-5.0
   mysql-server
  E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
  
+ 
+ I opted to not enter a root password when it asked me.
+ 
+ 
  ProblemType: Package
  Architecture: i386
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
  ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  Package: mysql-server-5.0 5.0.67-0ubuntu6
  SourcePackage: mysql-dfsg-5.0
  Title: package mysql-server-5.0 5.0.67-0ubuntu6 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  Uname: Linux 2.6.27-11-generic i686

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mysql server install failed
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