Michael Bonert wrote: > invoke-rc.d: initscript mariadb, action "stop" failed. > Failed to stop mysql.service: Unit mysql.service not loaded. > invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "stop" failed. > Attempt to stop MariaDB/MySQL server returned exitcode 5 > There is a MariaDB/MySQL server running, but we failed in our attempts to > stop it. > Stop it yourself and try again! > dpkg: error processing archive > /var/cache/apt/archives/mariadb-server_1%3a10.11.6-0+deb12u1_amd64.deb > (--unpack): > new mariadb-server package pre-installation script subprocess returned error > exit status 1 > Errors were encountered while processing: > /var/cache/apt/archives/mariadb-server_1%3a10.11.6-0+deb12u1_amd64.deb > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Sometimes the system thinks that a daemon is running, but it isn't, so stopping it doesn't work. Sometimes the system can't stop a daemon which is running, because the system didn't start it. And occasionally the system can't stop a daemon which it did start because it has become a zombie. In the first case, you may be able to hack the init script so that the stop command returns a success. In the second case, you may be able to locate the running server process and kill it yourself. In the third case, a reboot is probably necessary. -dsr-
