[Bug 575452] Re: package mysql-server-5.1 5.1.41-3ubuntu12 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1

Niels Dimmers nielsdimmers at gmail.com
Tue Jun 8 23:25:37 BST 2010


After some hours of trying, I managed to get to an very nasty work-
around for people not needing mysql, but needing apt-get to work. In my
apt-get, it hung over the error as the first package, and just wouldn't
continue. I couldn't find a way to disable it, but removed mysql with:

sudo dpkg --force-remove-reinstreq --remove mysql-server-5.1

sudo apt-get upgrade hung at some packages of postgresql with a similar
error, so I used the same way to remove those. errors with a package
called "man-db" dissapeared (and it installed properly).

I have to say tough, that I didn't check if the mysql files were removed
completely, this could cause security issues, minor disk space issues,
and huge issues when re-installing the packages, but it got my apt-get
working again and that's all I'm concerned about. If you're an
experienced ubuntu user owning a test server, I ask you to test the
severity of the risks of this (temporarily) solution, since I don't have
the knowledge to do this, and my server is a part-hobby part production
server.

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