*the output of the apt-cache mysql-server* : auth2db - Powerful and eye-candy IDS logger, log viewer and alert generator cacti - Frontend to rrdtool for monitoring systems and services mysql-server - MySQL database server (metapackage depending on the latest version) mysql-server-5.0 - MySQL database server binaries torrentflux - web based, feature-rich BitTorrent download manager
*the output of the apt-get install mysql-server* : Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following extra packages will be installed: libdbd-mysql-perl libdbi-perl libhtml-template-perl libnet-daemon-perl libplrpc-perl libterm-readkey-perl mysql-client-5.0 mysql-server-5.0 Suggested packages: dbishell libipc-sharedcache-perl libcompress-zlib-perl tinyca The following NEW packages will be installed: libdbd-mysql-perl libdbi-perl libhtml-template-perl libnet-daemon-perl libplrpc-perl libterm-readkey-perl mysql-client-5.0 mysql-server mysql-server-5.0 0 upgraded, 9 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/35.6MB of archives. After this operation, 105MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y Preconfiguring packages ... Selecting previously deselected package libnet-daemon-perl. (Reading database ... 68377 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking libnet-daemon-perl (from .../libnet-daemon-perl_0.38-1.1_all.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package libplrpc-perl. Unpacking libplrpc-perl (from .../libplrpc-perl_0.2017-1.1_all.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package libdbi-perl. Unpacking libdbi-perl (from .../libdbi-perl_1.605-1_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package libdbd-mysql-perl. Unpacking libdbd-mysql-perl (from .../libdbd-mysql-perl_4.007-1+lenny1_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package mysql-client-5.0. Unpacking mysql-client-5.0 (from .../mysql-client-5.0_5.0.51a-24+lenny3_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package mysql-server-5.0. Unpacking mysql-server-5.0 (from .../mysql-server-5.0_5.0.51a-24+lenny3_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package libhtml-template-perl. Unpacking libhtml-template-perl (from .../libhtml-template-perl_2.9-1_all.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package libterm-readkey-perl. Unpacking libterm-readkey-perl (from .../libterm-readkey-perl_2.30-4_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package mysql-server. Unpacking mysql-server (from .../mysql-server_5.0.51a-24+lenny3_all.deb) ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Setting up libnet-daemon-perl (0.38-1.1) ... Setting up libplrpc-perl (0.2017-1.1) ... Setting up libdbi-perl (1.605-1) ... Setting up libdbd-mysql-perl (4.007-1+lenny1) ... Setting up mysql-client-5.0 (5.0.51a-24+lenny3) ... Setting up mysql-server-5.0 (5.0.51a-24+lenny3) ... Stopping MySQL database server: mysqld. /var/lib/dpkg/info/mysql-server-5.0.postinst: line 144: /etc/mysql/conf.d/old_passwords.cnf: No such file or directory dpkg: error processing mysql-server-5.0 (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Setting up libhtml-template-perl (2.9-1) ... Setting up libterm-readkey-perl (2.30-4) ... dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mysql-server: mysql-server depends on mysql-server-5.0; however: Package mysql-server-5.0 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing mysql-server (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: mysql-server-5.0 mysql-server E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 3:05 PM, Krishna Chandra Prajapati < prajapat...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Vishnu, > > try > apt-cache search mysql-server (list mysql server) > > apt-get install mysql-server (install mysql server) > > it will install mysql-server with all the required dependencies. > > _Krishna > > > On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 2:41 PM, vishnu vardhan < > vishnuvardhan.li...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> This is what I have done : >> >> i have installed the mysql server and client. >> >> Then I have issued the following commands : >> # aptitude remove --purge mysql-server mysql-client >> # updatedb >> # rm -r /etc/mysql/ >> >> After a couple of days, I have tried to install the packages again. >> It has shown an error as i have mentioned in my first e-mail. >> >> sid. >> > >
