[Bug 1378955] Re: package mysql-server-5.6 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Nicolas Diogo]

hello

I am facing a similar problem; mysql-server will not install:

apt-get install mysql-server
[ ... ]
Unable to set password for the MySQL "root" user                                                                                                        │ 
  │                                                                                                                                                         │ 
  │ An error occurred while setting the password for the MySQL administrative user. This may have happened because the account already has a password, or   │ 
  │ because of a communication problem with the MySQL server.                                                                                               │ 
  │                                                                                                                                                         │ 
  │ You should check the account's password after the package installation.                                                                                 │ 
  │                                                                                                                                                         │ 
  │ Please read the /usr/share/doc/mysql-server-5.6/README.Debian file for more information


I have already deleted:
rm -R /etc/mysql/
rm /var/lib/mysql/debian-*.flag
rm -R /var/lib/mysql

and it still not installing

there is nothing in the logs - in fact my /var/log/syslog is EMPTY now


any suggestions?

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  package mysql-server-5.6 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade:
  subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1

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