I have read a number of the posts here and they all state to run the following commands:
- Apt-get -f remove **
- apt-get update
- apt-get upgrade
- apt-get -f install **
I have seen these in various order etc, and none are resolving, my issue. No matter what I try I get:
apt-get -f install mysql-server Reading package
lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
mysql-server-5.5 mysql-server-core-5.5
Suggested packages:
tinyca mailx
The following NEW packages will be installed:
mysql-server mysql-server-5.5 mysql-server-core-5.5
0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/14.9 MB of archives.
After this operation, 53.0 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously unselected package mysql-server-core-5.5.
(Reading database ... 83134 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking mysql-server-core-5.5 (from .../mysql-server-core-5.5_5.5.29-
0ubuntu0.12.04.1_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously unselected package mysql-server-5.5.
Unpacking mysql-server-5.5 (from .../mysql-server-5.5_5.5.29-0ubuntu0.12.04.1_amd64.deb)
...
Selecting previously unselected package mysql-server.
Unpacking mysql-server (from .../mysql-server_5.5.29-0ubuntu0.12.04.1_all.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead ...
Setting up mysql-server-5.5 (5.5.29-0ubuntu0.12.04.1) ...
Setting up mysql-server-5.5 (5.5.29-0ubuntu0.12.04.1) ...
invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "start" failed.
invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing mysql-server-5.5 (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mysql-server:
mysql-server depends on mysql-server-5.5; however:
Package mysql-server-5.5 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing mysql-server (--configure):
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a
previous failure.
Errors were encountered while processing:
mysql-server-5.5
mysql-server
I have tried several things over the past week and cannot get this to resolve, any assistance would be appreciated. I did notice the message:
Package mysql-server-5.5 is not configured yet.
and i have yet to get this configured so I am working on that aspect. Any other assistance will be very appreciated.
sudo invoke-rc.d mysql startto your question. – Florian Diesch Feb 25 at 21:17sudo invoke-rc.d mysql start Rather than invoking init scripts through /etc/init.d, use the service(8) utility, e.g. service mysql start Since the script you are attempting to invoke has been converted to an Upstart job, you may also use the start(8) utility, e.g. start mysql start: Job failed to start invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "start" failed.– Titanicx Feb 26 at 20:37dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mysql server:mysql-server depends on mysql-server-5.5; however:` Package mysql-server-5.5 is not configured yet.` I stumbled onto this thread which lead me to this old thread which contained the answer I so desperately needed. I had to rundpkg -S etc/mysqlin order to get the information and found mysql-common was still installed and causing headaches for me. – Titanicx Feb 27 at 21:42aptitude purge mysql-server --purge-unusedto clean the files. This worked like a charm. Hope this solution helps someone else down the road! – Titanicx Feb 27 at 21:43