[Bug 617678] Re: package mysql-server-5.1 5.1.41-3ubuntu12.3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Kayode Odusote]

Thanks but the purging and installing the mysql-server-5.1 did not help.
My databases were not dropped.  I tried dropping one of them after I
login to mysql, then the server was gone as the error recurred.

I would be glad to send my databases to you guys to help find the bug
and help others in future as I intend to uninstall Ubuntu and reinstall
everything all over again.

I am not a geek so how do I copy and send  you the databases as I am
sure mysqldump would not work.  I use phpMyAdmin to manage mysql server
but it is unable to connect once the server "has gone away",

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package mysql-server-5.1 5.1.41-3ubuntu12.3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
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