[Bug 511893] [NEW] install of mysql-server-5.0 fails

[Mathias Gug]

On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 12:45:10PM -0000, john davey wrote:
> 
> "The following NEW packages will be installed
>   mysql-server-5.0
> 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> 1 not fully installed or removed.
> Need to get 0B/23.8MB of archives.
> After this operation, 79.7MB of additional disk space will be used.
> Preconfiguring packages ...
> (Reading database ... 187038 files and directories currently installed.)
> Unpacking mysql-server-5.0 (from .../mysql-server-5.0_5.1.30really5.0.83-0ubuntu3_i386.deb) ...
> Aborting downgrade from (at least) 5.1 to 5.0.

MySQL 5.1 is already installed on the system. Downgrading to 5.0 is not
supported. You'd have to first purge 5.1 and then install 5.0. However don't
forget to backup your databases as purging 5.1 will delete everything. 

  status invalid
  importance low

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Mathias Gug
Ubuntu Developer  http://www.ubuntu.com


** Changed in: mysql-dfsg-5.0 (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Low

** Changed in: mysql-dfsg-5.0 (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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install of mysql-server-5.0 fails
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