[Bug 681986] Re: package mysql-server-5.1 5.1.37-1ubuntu5.5 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Matt G]

Yes, I am.

I temporarily solved the problem by uninstalling mysql-server.

I just tried to install it again. mysqld will not start. This is what
happened:


matt at matt-ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install mysql-server
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  libhtml-template-perl mysql-server-5.1 mysql-server-core-5.1
Suggested packages:
  libipc-sharedcache-perl tinyca mailx
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libhtml-template-perl mysql-server mysql-server-5.1 mysql-server-core-5.1
0 upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 65.8kB/11.2MB of archives.
After this operation, 25.8MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main libhtml-template-perl 2.9-1 [65.8kB]
Fetched 65.8kB in 0s (92.1kB/s)            
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package mysql-server-core-5.1.
(Reading database ... 177230 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking mysql-server-core-5.1 (from .../mysql-server-core-5.1_5.1.37-1ubuntu5.5_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package mysql-server-5.1.
Unpacking mysql-server-5.1 (from .../mysql-server-5.1_5.1.37-1ubuntu5.5_i386.deb) ...
 * Stopping MySQL database server mysqld                                 [ OK ] 
Selecting previously deselected package libhtml-template-perl.
Unpacking libhtml-template-perl (from .../libhtml-template-perl_2.9-1_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package mysql-server.
Unpacking mysql-server (from .../mysql-server_5.1.37-1ubuntu5.5_all.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead ...
ureadahead will be reprofiled on next reboot
Setting up mysql-server-core-5.1 (5.1.37-1ubuntu5.5) ...
Setting up mysql-server-5.1 (5.1.37-1ubuntu5.5) ...
 * Stopping MySQL database server mysqld                                 [ OK ] 
 * Starting MySQL database server mysqld                                 [fail] 
invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing mysql-server-5.1 (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Setting up libhtml-template-perl (2.9-1) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mysql-server:
 mysql-server depends on mysql-server-5.1; however:
  Package mysql-server-5.1 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-5.1
 mysql-server
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
matt at matt-ubuntu:~$

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package mysql-server-5.1 5.1.37-1ubuntu5.5 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
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