I've just dup'ed another bug onto this. But I can't see yet how this would happen.
The file is of mysql-common: $ dpkg -S /usr/share/mysql-common/configure-symlinks mysql-common: /usr/share/mysql-common/configure-symlinks And this is a dependency. Depends: apparmor (>= 2.10), bsdutils, initscripts, lsb-base (>= 4.1+Debian11ubuntu7), mysql-client-5.7 (>= 5.7.17-0ubuntu0.16.04.1), mysql-common (>= 5.6.22-1~), mysql-server-core-5.7 (= 5.7.17-0ubuntu0.16.04.1), passwd, perl (>= 5.6), psmisc, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, init-system-helpers (>= 1.18~), libc6 (>= 2.14), libevent-core-2.0-5 (>= 2.0.10-stable), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4) Pre-Depends: adduser (>= 3.40), debconf, mysql-common (>= 5.5) I thought that (unless you go through extra steps) they would be unpacked in dependency order and then should be available at the time needed - odd ... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1771630 Title: package mysql-server-5.7 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: installed mysql-server-5.7 package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 127 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-5.7/+bug/1771630/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs