Public bug reported: Binary package hint: mysql-server
The error when installing mysql from apt-get is below. The same error occurs in synaptic as well as Software Center. sudo apt-get install mysql-server Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming. The following information may help to resolve the situation: The following packages have unmet dependencies: mysql-server: Depends: mysql-server-5.1 but it is not going to be installed E: Broken packages ProblemType: Bug Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu Mar 25 00:15:36 2010 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/synaptic InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Beta amd64 (20100318) Package: synaptic 0.63.1ubuntu1 ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-17.26-generic 2.6.32.10+drm33.1 SourcePackage: synaptic Uname: Linux 2.6.32-17-generic x86_64 ** Affects: mysql-dfsg-5.1 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug lucid -- MySQL package dependancies are broken for Lucid https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/546691 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs