[Bug 734113] Re: package mysql-server-5.1 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1

[James Page]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
Ubuntu better.

It looks like another process had a lock (or had left one around) on the
/etc/passwd file.

Please can you look for a file called /etc/passwd.lock - if this is present please remove and re-attempt the installation of mysql-sever-5.1:
 
  sudo apt-get install mysql-server-5.1

You can also see if another process has the file locked by using the
fuser command:

  fuser /etc/passwd

I think that its unlikely that this will return anything, but if it does
please can you append  the information about the process locking the
file to this bug report; you could try killing the process and re-
installing as described above.

Please update this bug report if this resolves your issue.


** Changed in: mysql-dfsg-5.1 (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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Title:
  package mysql-server-5.1 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade:
  subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1