Re: unable to install mysql server

2010-03-19 Thread Stephen Powell
On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:50:47 -0400 (EDT), vishnu vardhan wrote: The output of the *# aptitude install mysql-server mysql-client* Script started on Friday 19 March 2010 09:13:19 AM IST admin:/home/user# aptitude install mysql-serb[Kver ap[K[Kmysql-client Reading package lists... 0%

Re: unable to install mysql server

2010-03-19 Thread Selçuk Mıynat
On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 16:11, Stephen Powell zlinux...@wowway.com wrote: On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:50:47 -0400 (EDT), vishnu vardhan wrote: The output of the *# aptitude install mysql-server mysql-client* Script started on Friday 19 March 2010 09:13:19 AM IST admin:/home/user# aptitude install

unable to install mysql server

2010-03-18 Thread vishnu vardhan
a couple of days, I am unable to install mysql server and client. It is showing the following error's : /var/lib/dpkg/info/mysql-server-5.0.postinst: line 144: /etc/mysql/conf.d/old_passwords.cnf: No such file or directory dpkg: error processing mysql-server-5.0 (--configure): subprocess post

Re: unable to install mysql server

2010-03-18 Thread chantal
/mysql/ folder using the command rm -r /etc/mysql/. After a couple of days, I am unable to install mysql server and client. It is showing the following error's : /var/lib/dpkg/info/mysql-server-5.0.postinst: line 144: /etc/mysql/conf.d/old_passwords.cnf: No such file or directory dpkg: error

Re: unable to install mysql server

2010-03-18 Thread vishnu vardhan
This is what I have done : i have installed the mysql server and client. Then I have issued the following commands : # aptitude remove --purge mysql-server mysql-client # updatedb # rm -r /etc/mysql/ After a couple of days, I have tried to install the packages again. It has shown an error as i

Re: unable to install mysql server

2010-03-18 Thread Krishna Chandra Prajapati
Hi Vishnu, try apt-cache search mysql-server (list mysql server) apt-get install mysql-server (install mysql server) it will install mysql-server with all the required dependencies. _Krishna On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 2:41 PM, vishnu vardhan vishnuvardhan.li...@gmail.com wrote: This is what

Re: unable to install mysql server

2010-03-18 Thread vishnu vardhan
*the output of the apt-cache mysql-server* : auth2db - Powerful and eye-candy IDS logger, log viewer and alert generator cacti - Frontend to rrdtool for monitoring systems and services mysql-server - MySQL database server (metapackage depending on the latest version) mysql-server-5.0 - MySQL

Re: unable to install mysql server

2010-03-18 Thread Mihamina Rakotomandimby
vishnu vardhan vishnuvardhan.li...@gmail.com : /etc/mysql/conf.d/old_passwords.cnf: No such file or directory This seems suspect: why considering this file? -- Architecte Informatique chez Blueline/Gulfsat: Administration Systeme, Recherche Developpement +261 34 29

Re: unable to install mysql server

2010-03-18 Thread Stephen Powell
On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:11:45 -0400 (EDT), vishnu vardhan wrote: This is what I have done : i have installed the mysql server and client. Then I have issued the following commands : # aptitude remove --purge mysql-server mysql-client # updatedb # rm -r /etc/mysql/ After a couple of

Re: unable to install mysql server

2010-03-18 Thread Stephen Powell
On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:38:29 -0400 (EDT), Stephen Powell wrote: aptitude remove --purge mysql-server mysql-client is not the correct way to purge a package. The correct way to purge a package with aptitude is aptitude purge mysql-server mysql-client I suppose the most powerful

Re: unable to install mysql server

2010-03-18 Thread vishnu vardhan
I have followed the steps given by Stephen Powell and tried to install again. It is showing same error. Out of curiousity I have run *# dpkg -s mysql-server-5.0* **and the output of the above command is : *# dpkg -s mysql-server-5.0* Package: mysql-server-5.0 Status: install ok half-configured

Re: unable to install mysql server

2010-03-18 Thread Stephen Powell
On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:27:32 -0400 (EDT), vishnu vardhan wrote: I have followed the steps given by Stephen Powell and tried to install again. It is showing same error. Out of curiousity I have run *# dpkg -s mysql-server-5.0* **and the output of the above command is : *# dpkg -s

Re: unable to install mysql server

2010-03-18 Thread vishnu vardhan
I have purged mysql-server mysql-client using the following command : *# aptitude purge --purge-unused mysql-server mysql-client * and then i issued command : *# updatedb* I have again tried to install both of the packages, instead of downloading packages, i has took me directly to provide