-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Roger H. Goun wrote: > I have a Ubuntu dapper server that runs a lot of Web sites. It hasn't > had it's mysql packages updated since early in dapper development, when > mysql4.1 was the default version. Trying to apt-get upgrade to the > mysql5 versions broke the system and I can't figure out how to get back > to a working state. > > For example: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/lib/dpkg$ sudo apt-get update > ... > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/lib/dpkg$ sudo apt-get install sql-common > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree... Done > Note, selecting mysql-common-4.1 instead of mysql-common > Package mysql-common-4.1 is a virtual package provided by: > You should explicitly select one to install. > E: Package mysql-common-4.1 has no installation candidate > > Does anyone know how to clean up apt's notion of what virtual packages > are available? > > Thanks. > > -- Roger
What about this?: $ sudo apt-get --reinstall install mysql-server-4.1 As far as I can tell, there is no such package mysql-common-4.1 in Dapper repositories. Even if it was there, all it would contain would most likely be a sample my.cnf and README. Sarunas -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFbcJ4VVkpJ1MUn+YRAsAbAJ9VvglMsIk0S1Awp5jrRZNTAxfVYwCaAkuh A3LrCz+apegQMUsS+8uNR1M= =DJ/J -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/