Re: unable to install mysql server

[vishnu vardhan <vishnuvardhan.linux@gmail.com>]

the output of the apt-cache mysql-server :

auth2db - Powerful and eye-candy IDS logger, log viewer and alert generator
cacti - Frontend to rrdtool for monitoring systems and services
mysql-server - MySQL database server (metapackage depending on the latest version)
mysql-server-5.0 - MySQL database server binaries
torrentflux - web based, feature-rich BitTorrent download manager

the output of the apt-get install mysql-server :

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  libdbd-mysql-perl libdbi-perl libhtml-template-perl libnet-daemon-perl
  libplrpc-perl libterm-readkey-perl mysql-client-5.0 mysql-server-5.0
Suggested packages:
  dbishell libipc-sharedcache-perl libcompress-zlib-perl tinyca
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libdbd-mysql-perl libdbi-perl libhtml-template-perl libnet-daemon-perl
  libplrpc-perl libterm-readkey-perl mysql-client-5.0 mysql-server
  mysql-server-5.0
0 upgraded, 9 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/35.6MB of archives.
After this operation, 105MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package libnet-daemon-perl.
(Reading database ... 68377 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libnet-daemon-perl (from .../libnet-daemon-perl_0.38-1.1_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libplrpc-perl.
Unpacking libplrpc-perl (from .../libplrpc-perl_0.2017-1.1_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libdbi-perl.
Unpacking libdbi-perl (from .../libdbi-perl_1.605-1_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libdbd-mysql-perl.
Unpacking libdbd-mysql-perl (from .../libdbd-mysql-perl_4.007-1+lenny1_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package mysql-client-5.0.
Unpacking mysql-client-5.0 (from .../mysql-client-5.0_5.0.51a-24+lenny3_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package mysql-server-5.0.
Unpacking mysql-server-5.0 (from .../mysql-server-5.0_5.0.51a-24+lenny3_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libhtml-template-perl.
Unpacking libhtml-template-perl (from .../libhtml-template-perl_2.9-1_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libterm-readkey-perl.
Unpacking libterm-readkey-perl (from .../libterm-readkey-perl_2.30-4_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package mysql-server.
Unpacking mysql-server (from .../mysql-server_5.0.51a-24+lenny3_all.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up libnet-daemon-perl (0.38-1.1) ...
Setting up libplrpc-perl (0.2017-1.1) ...
Setting up libdbi-perl (1.605-1) ...
Setting up libdbd-mysql-perl (4.007-1+lenny1) ...
Setting up mysql-client-5.0 (5.0.51a-24+lenny3) ...
Setting up mysql-server-5.0 (5.0.51a-24+lenny3) ...
Stopping MySQL database server: mysqld.
/var/lib/dpkg/info/mysql-server-5.0.postinst: line 144: /etc/mysql/conf.d/old_passwords.cnf: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing mysql-server-5.0 (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Setting up libhtml-template-perl (2.9-1) ...
Setting up libterm-readkey-perl (2.30-4) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mysql-server:
 mysql-server depends on mysql-server-5.0; however:
  Package mysql-server-5.0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing mysql-server (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 mysql-server-5.0
 mysql-server
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 3:05 PM, Krishna Chandra Prajapati <prajapatikc@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Vishnu,

try 

 apt-cache search mysql-server (list mysql server)

apt-get install mysql-server  (install mysql server)

it will install mysql-server with all the required dependencies.

_Krishna

On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 2:41 PM, vishnu vardhan <vishnuvardhan.linux@gmail.com> wrote:

This is what I have done :

i have installed the mysql server and client.

Then I have issued the following commands :

# aptitude remove --purge mysql-server mysql-client

# updatedb

# rm -r /etc/mysql/

After a couple of days, I have tried to install the packages again.

It has shown an error as i have mentioned in my first e-mail.

sid.