Re: Mysql failed

[Tony van der Hoff <tony@vanderhoff.org>]

On 16/11/16 16:10, Joe wrote:
> On 16/11/2016 15:48, Tony van der Hoff wrote:
>
> > The following packages have unmet dependencies:
> >  mysql-server-5.5 : Depends: mysql-client-5.5 (>= 5.5.50-0+deb8u1) but
> > it is not going to be installed
> >                     PreDepends: mysql-common (>= 5.5.50-0+deb8u1) but it
> > is not going to be installed
> > E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
> > ################################################
> >
> > but they ARE installed!!
> >
> > Any suggestions as to what to do next, please?
>
> My inclination would be to purge all the remaining mysql components (not
> the workbench) and try reinstalling. They are different versions,
> presumably as a result of the failed upgrade, and the older ones may be
> broken in some way that prevented upgrade.
>
> If the apt tools refuse to do the job, as they may since there has
> already been a problem, escalate (carefully) to dpkg. I did once have a
> problem that even dpkg wouldn't touch and had to resort to manual file
> deletion, but that will result in an inconsistent package database, and
> should be avoided if at all possible.

Thanks Joe, you fill me with confidence :(

I purged the lot using apt, and the client packages disappeared. Sadly, 
the error persisted. Being of a somewhat cowardly nature, and having 
never used dpkg for this sort of thing, I abandoned that tack.

Instead, I successfully installed MariaDB from the repository, which was 
my long-term plan in any case, and now have a working database.

Thanks again  for your suggestions.

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