Purge the package and reinstall it. The install script creates a database in /var/lib/mysql[d] and a socket and pid file in /var/run/mysql[d]. If these already exist, then it can't create them and you get an error message. When you purge the package, it cleans out these directories. I had a problem with this before and it took me some experimentation to figure out how to get it to work. If I cleaned out the directories manually, I got another error. When you install mysql-server, it asks if you want to purge the directory on removal of the package. Say yes and then remove the package. It should work now. I think you can do the same thing with "dpkg --purge mysql-server". If that still doesn't work, just give me your IP and root password ;^)
--Mike "Robert L. Harris" wrote: > Running woody, a friend is trying to install mysql-server: > > jughthreead:/var/cache/apt/archives# apt-get install mysql-server > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > Sorry, mysql-server is already the newest version > 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded. > 1 packages not fully installed or removed. > Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used. > Setting up mysql-server (3.23.21-3) ... > dpkg: error processing mysql-server (--configure): > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 > Errors were encountered while processing: > mysql-server > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > > Thoughts? > > :wq! > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Robert L. Harris | Micros~1 : > Senior System Engineer | For when quality, reliability > at RnD Consulting | and security just aren't > \_ that important! > DISCLAIMER: > These are MY OPINIONS ALONE. I speak for no-one else. > FYI: > perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);' > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
