Re: mysql-server?

[Michael Smith <msmith4@gladstone.uoregon.edu>]

Purge the package and reinstall it.  The install script creates a database in
/var/lib/mysql[d] and a socket and pid file in /var/run/mysql[d].  If these already
exist, then it can't create them and you get an error message.  When you purge the
package, it cleans out these directories.  I had a problem with this before and it
took me some experimentation to figure out how to get it to work.  If I cleaned out
the directories manually, I got another error.  When you install mysql-server, it
asks if you want to purge the directory on removal of the package.  Say yes and then
remove the package.  It should work now.  I think you can do the same thing with
"dpkg --purge mysql-server".  If that still doesn't work, just give me your IP and
root password ;^)

--Mike

"Robert L. Harris" wrote:

> Running woody, a friend is trying to install mysql-server:
>
> jughthreead:/var/cache/apt/archives# apt-get install mysql-server
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> Sorry, mysql-server is already the newest version
> 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
> 1 packages not fully installed or removed.
> Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
> Setting up mysql-server (3.23.21-3) ...
> dpkg: error processing mysql-server (--configure):
>  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  mysql-server
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>
> Thoughts?
>
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