Could you share the output of dpkg -l mysql* |grep ^i
ii mysql-client 5.1.57-3 MySQL database client (metapackage depending on the latest version)
ii mysql-client-5.1 5.1.57-3 MySQL database client binariesii mysql-common 5.1.57-3 MySQL database common files, e.g. /etc/mysql/my.cnf ii mysql-server 5.1.57-3 MySQL database server (metapackage depending on the latest version) ii mysql-server-5.1 5.1.57-3 MySQL database server binaries and system database setup
ii mysql-server-core-5.1 5.1.57-3 MySQL database server binaries -- Michael Checca echo "complaints" > /dev/null