I am trying to install MySQL on my Ubuntu but getting the following error. I tried some of the solutions available on this website and on the internet, but none of it seems to work.
$ sudo apt-get install mysql-server
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
mysql-server is already the newest version (5.7.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.1).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 24 not upgraded.
2 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Setting up mysql-server-5.7 (5.7.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.1) ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/mysql-server-5.7.postinst: line 191: /usr/share/mysql-
common/configure-symlinks: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing package mysql-server-5.7 (--configure):
installed mysql-server-5.7 package post-installation script subprocess returned
error exit status 127
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mysql-server:
mysql-server depends on mysql-server-5.7; however:
Package mysql-server-5.7 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package mysql-server (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error
from a previous failure.
Errors were encountered while processing:
mysql-server-5.7
mysql-server
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
EDIT: I removed the mysql package and tried to installed it again as instructed in the comment.
$ sudo apt-get remove --purge mysql*
$ sudo apt-get purge mysql*
$ sudo apt-get autoremove
$ sudo apt-get autoclean
$ sudo apt-get remove dbconfig-mysql
$ sudo apt-get install mysql-server
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
libaio1 libevent-core-2.1-6 mysql-client-5.7 mysql-client-core-5.7
mysql-common mysql-server-5.7 mysql-server-core-5.7
Suggested packages:
mailx tinyca
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libaio1 libevent-core-2.1-6 mysql-client-5.7 mysql-client-core-5.7
mysql-common mysql-server mysql-server-5.7 mysql-server-core-5.7
0 upgraded, 8 newly installed, 0 to remove and 5 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/20.4 MB of archives.
After this operation, 160 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously unselected package mysql-common.
(Reading database ... 173195 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../0-mysql-common_10.2.19+maria~xenial_all.deb ...
Unpacking mysql-common (10.2.19+maria~xenial) ...
It tried installing but towards the end gave a similar error.
Setting up mysql-client-5.7 (5.7.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.1) ...
Setting up mysql-server-5.7 (5.7.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.1) ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/mysql-server-5.7.postinst: line 191: /usr/share/mysql-common/configure-symlinks: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing package mysql-server-5.7 (--configure):
installed mysql-server-5.7 package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 127
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mysql-server:
mysql-server depends on mysql-server-5.7; however:
Package mysql-server-5.7 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package mysql-server (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.27-3ubuntu1) ...
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
Processing triggers for systemd (237-3ubuntu10.9) ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-20) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
mysql-server-5.7
mysql-server
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
sudo service mysql stop
andsudo service mysqld stop
thensudo apt-get install mysql-server
sudo dpkg --configure -a
.sudo apt-get remove --purge mysql*
,sudo apt-get purge mysql*
,sudo apt-get autoremove
,sudo apt-get autoclean
,sudo apt-get remove dbconfig-mysql
thensudo apt-get install mysql-server