hello
I am facing a similar problem; mysql-server will not install:
apt-get install mysql-server
[ ... ]
Unable to set password for the MySQL "root" user
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From log:
Aborting downgrade from (at least) 10.0 to 5.6.
If are sure you want to downgrade to 5.6, remove the file
/var/lib/mysql/debian-*.flag and try installing again.
dpkg: error processing archive
/var/cache/apt/archives/mysql-server-5.6_5.6.19-0ubuntu0.14.04.1_amd64.deb
(--unpack):
Thank you for your report.
This looks like a local configuration problem, rather than a bug in
Ubuntu.
You can find pointers to get help for this sort of problem here: http://www.ubun
tu.com/support/community
Since we use this bug tracker to track bugs in Ubuntu, rather than configuration
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: mysql-5.6 (Ubuntu)
Status: New = Confirmed
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1378955
Title:
package mysql-server-5.6 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade:
