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package mysql-server-5.1 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to
overwrite '/usr/bin/msql2mysql', which is also in package mysql-client
0:5.1.51-1.glibc23
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/673636
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the 0:5.1.51-1.glibc23 package must have been from the mysql client I
had previously installed, I un-installed it and was able to complete the
mysql server install without any further issues. I made it as far as
setting up the root password before the error, and once mysql client was
gone it