[Bug 1016018] Re: package mysql-server-5.1 5.1.62-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Rashford Blake]

It seemed to have resolved the issue until I performed a reboot and
logged into a terminal console. Upon logging the opening session showed
I still had the 39+ updates available, so proceeded run the update
process with the following command:

Sudo apt-get upgrade

Being very optimistic, I thought this process was going to verify the
previous upgrade process quit very soon after. Sadly this has not been
the case and I'm now in the same situation as before. I have captured
the following information from the terminal screen which is has running
more than 15hours:

Unpacking replacement linux-libc-dev ...
Preparing to replace wpasupplicant 0.6.9-3ubuntu3 (using .../wpasupplicant_0.6.9-3ubuntu3.1_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement wpasupplicant ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Processing triggers for python-gmenu ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/desktop.en_GB.utf8.cache...
Processing triggers for python-support ...
Setting up mysql-server-5.1 (5.1.63-0ubuntu0.10.04.1) ...


And here it remains... I think personally this process is hung and the only alternative option is to use Ctrl-C to terminate this action.
Incidentally, when attempting to run the GUI Package Manager during the above state, a message pops-up reporting 'Not all updates can be installed - Run a partial upgrade, to install as many updates as possible'. When you choose to close the window, another pops-up reporting the following: 

Software index is broken
It is impossible to install or remove any software. Please use the package manager "Synaptic" or run "sudo apt-get install -f" in a terminal to fix this issue at first.

Do think you will have an answer with above additional information?

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Title:
  package mysql-server-5.1 5.1.62-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 failed to
  install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error
  exit status 1

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