I was able to complete installation eventually.
Reboot was required.
Package removals, re-installations, killall -9 stop,
total removal of /var/lib/mysql.
Sorry for the lack of detailed notes.
Problems seemed to happen more when re-installing when /var/lib/mysql
was already present.
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package
Same hang here. Installation is hung.
$ uname -a
Linux bubbles 2.6.32-22-generic #33-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 28 13:28:05 UTC 2010
x86_64 GNU/Linux
$ sudo apt-get install --reinstall mysql-server-5.1
[sudo] password for stoltz:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading