I have the same problem. After some testing I think that mysql_upgrade is stopping the service and trying to connect to it.
tango@sn-c-c46:~$ sudo systemctl status mysql ● mysql.service - MySQL Community Server Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/mysql.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: inactive (dead) since vie 2016-07-22 09:45:28 ART; 11min ago Main PID: 5836 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) jul 22 09:45:15 sn-c-c46 systemd[1]: Starting MySQL Community Server... jul 22 09:45:16 sn-c-c46 systemd[1]: Started MySQL Community Server. jul 22 09:45:27 sn-c-c46 systemd[1]: Stopping MySQL Community Server... jul 22 09:45:28 sn-c-c46 systemd[1]: Stopped MySQL Community Server. jul 22 09:45:29 sn-c-c46 systemd[1]: Stopped MySQL Community Server. jul 22 09:46:08 sn-c-c46 systemd[1]: Stopped MySQL Community Server. jul 22 09:46:09 sn-c-c46 systemd[1]: Stopped MySQL Community Server. tango@sn-c-c46:~$ sudo systemctl start mysql tango@sn-c-c46:~$ sudo systemctl status mysql ● mysql.service - MySQL Community Server Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/mysql.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (running) since vie 2016-07-22 09:57:10 ART; 1s ago Process: 16693 ExecStartPost=/usr/share/mysql/mysql-systemd-start post (code=exited, status=0/S Process: 16687 ExecStartPre=/usr/share/mysql/mysql-systemd-start pre (code=exited, status=0/SUC Main PID: 16692 (mysqld) CGroup: /system.slice/mysql.service └─16692 /usr/sbin/mysqld jul 22 09:57:09 sn-c-c46 systemd[1]: Starting MySQL Community Server... jul 22 09:57:10 sn-c-c46 systemd[1]: Started MySQL Community Server. tango@sn-c-c46:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a Configurando mysql-server-5.7 (5.7.13-0ubuntu0.16.04.2) ... Renaming removed key_buffer and myisam-recover options (if present) mysql_upgrade: Got error: 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2) while connecting to the MySQL server Upgrade process encountered error and will not continue. mysql_upgrade failed with exit status 11 dpkg: error al procesar el paquete mysql-server-5.7 (--configure): el subproceso instalado el script post-installation devolvió el código de salida de error 1 dpkg: problemas de dependencias impiden la configuración de mysql-server: mysql-server depende de mysql-server-5.7; sin embargo: El paquete `mysql-server-5.7' no está configurado todavía. dpkg: error al procesar el paquete mysql-server (--configure): problemas de dependencias - se deja sin configurar Se encontraron errores al procesar: mysql-server-5.7 mysql-server tango@sn-c-c46:~$ tango@sn-c-c46:~$ sudo systemctl status mysql ● mysql.service - MySQL Community Server Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/mysql.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: inactive (dead) since vie 2016-07-22 09:57:52 ART; 24s ago Main PID: 16692 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) jul 22 09:57:09 sn-c-c46 systemd[1]: Starting MySQL Community Server... jul 22 09:57:10 sn-c-c46 systemd[1]: Started MySQL Community Server. jul 22 09:57:50 sn-c-c46 systemd[1]: Stopping MySQL Community Server... jul 22 09:57:52 sn-c-c46 systemd[1]: Stopped MySQL Community Server. jul 22 09:57:52 sn-c-c46 systemd[1]: Stopped MySQL Community Server. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1584287 Title: postinst fails with: mysql_upgrade failed with exit status 11 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-5.7/+bug/1584287/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs