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I have followed all these links:

E: Mysql-server-5.5 Installation Error

MySql Installation problem in dual boot ubuntu 14.04

https://smyl.es/how-to-fix-mysql-server-depends-on-mysql-server-5-5-however-package-mysql-server-5-5-is-not-configured-yet/

but I keep on getting the following error while installing mysql on a fresh installation of Ubuntu 14.04

start: Job failed to start
invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing package 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 package mysql-server (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 mysql-server-5.5
 mysql-server

output of apt-cache policy:

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Pinned packages:

output of apt-cache policy mysql-server-5.5

mysql-server-5.5:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 5.5.50-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
  Version table:
     5.5.50-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 0
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     5.5.35+dfsg-1ubuntu1 0
        500 http://be.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages

output of apt-cache policy mysql-server:

mysql-server:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 5.5.50-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
  Version table:
     5.5.50-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 0
        500 http://be.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main amd64 Packages
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  • What is the output of the command apt-cache policy?
    – Anwar
    Sep 7, 2016 at 9:49
  • Edited my post with the output.
    – Milan
    Sep 7, 2016 at 9:51
  • Remove mysql server 5.5 with sudo dpkg -r mysql-server-5.5 mysql-server. Then do sudo apt-get clean and sudo apt-get update. Then again try to install mysql using sudo apt-get install mysql-server
    – Anwar
    Sep 7, 2016 at 10:01
  • Gives the same problem.
    – Milan
    Sep 7, 2016 at 10:17
  • Edit the question giving the output of apt-cache policy mysql-server-5.5 and apt-cache policy mysql-server
    – Anwar
    Sep 7, 2016 at 10:19

1 Answer 1

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Try using the commands below:

sudo apt-get purge mysql-client-core-5.6
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get autoclean
sudo apt-get install mysql-client-core-5.5
sudo apt-get install mysql-server  

For more detailed solution, see this question

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  • dpkg: error processing package mysql-server (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.19-0ubuntu6.9) ... No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure. Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-16) ... Errors were encountered while processing: mysql-server-5.5 mysql-server E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
    – Milan
    Sep 7, 2016 at 8:56
  • basically you'll have to remove mysql-server and mysql-core-5.6(if installed) before you perform a clean install of mysql-client-core-5.5. So try removing mysql-server first using sudo apt-get remove mysql-server and then try the above steps. Don't forget to sudo apt-get update after removing the mysql-server
    – arximughal
    Sep 7, 2016 at 9:00
  • Same error message as I commented. Even if I sudo apt-get purge mysql* the problem persists.
    – Milan
    Sep 7, 2016 at 9:04
  • Not sure what the problem is! Try sudo dpkg --configure -a, this will resolve the broken packages.
    – arximughal
    Sep 7, 2016 at 10:02
  • That is where the error comes from so it gives the same error.
    – Milan
    Sep 7, 2016 at 10:18

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