Public bug reported: I have Ubuntu 15.10 (wily) and am trying to update MySQL to the latest version.
When I run aptitude safe-upgrade, it fails like so: Errors were encountered while processing: mysql-server-5.6 mysql-server E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) Failed to perform requested operation on package. Trying to recover: Setting up mysql-server-5.6 (5.6.28-0ubuntu0.15.10.1) ... * Stopping MySQL database server mysqld [ OK ] * Starting MySQL database server mysqld [ OK ] invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "start" failed. dpkg: error processing package mysql-server-5.6 (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mysql-server: mysql-server depends on mysql-server-5.6; however: Package mysql-server-5.6 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing package mysql-server (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: mysql-server-5.6 mysql-server ========================================================================================== Similarly, installing manually fails: # apt-get install mysql-server-5.6 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done mysql-server-5.6 is already the newest version. mysql-server-5.6 set to manually installed. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 2 not fully installed or removed. After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y Setting up mysql-server-5.6 (5.6.28-0ubuntu0.15.10.1) ... * Stopping MySQL database server mysqld [ OK ] * Starting MySQL database server mysqld [ OK ] invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "start" failed. dpkg: error processing package mysql-server-5.6 (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mysql-server: mysql-server depends on mysql-server-5.6; however: Package mysql-server-5.6 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing package mysql-server (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure. Errors were encountered while processing: mysql-server-5.6 mysql-server ========================================================================================== dpkg -l shows: rc mysql-server-5.5 5.5.46-0ubuntu0.14.04.2 amd64 MySQL database server binaries and system database setup iF mysql-server-5.6 5.6.28-0ubuntu0.15.10.1 amd64 MySQL database server binaries and system database setup ========================================================================================== Here's the MySQL error log: 160318 00:22:20 mysqld_safe Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql 2016-03-18 00:22:20 0 [Warning] TIMESTAMP with implicit DEFAULT value is deprecated. Please use --explicit_defaults_for_timestamp server option (see documentation for more details). 2016-03-18 00:22:20 0 [Note] /usr/sbin/mysqld (mysqld 5.6.28-0ubuntu0.15.10.1) starting as process 4383 ... 2016-03-18 00:22:20 4383 [Warning] Buffered warning: Changed limits: max_open_files: 1024 (requested 5000) 2016-03-18 00:22:20 4383 [Warning] Buffered warning: Changed limits: table_open_cache: 431 (requested 2000) 2016-03-18 00:22:20 4383 [Warning] Using unique option prefix myisam-recover instead of myisam-recover-options is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Please use the full name instead. 2016-03-18 00:22:20 4383 [Note] Plugin 'FEDERATED' is disabled. 2016-03-18 00:22:20 4383 [ERROR] Function 'innodb' already exists 2016-03-18 00:22:20 4383 [Warning] Couldn't load plugin named 'innodb' with soname 'ha_innodb.so'. 2016-03-18 00:22:20 4383 [ERROR] Function 'federated' already exists 2016-03-18 00:22:20 4383 [Warning] Couldn't load plugin named 'federated' with soname 'ha_federated.so'. 2016-03-18 00:22:20 4383 [ERROR] Function 'blackhole' already exists 2016-03-18 00:22:20 4383 [Warning] Couldn't load plugin named 'blackhole' with soname 'ha_blackhole.so'. 2016-03-18 00:22:20 4383 [ERROR] Function 'archive' already exists 2016-03-18 00:22:20 4383 [Warning] Couldn't load plugin named 'archive' with soname 'ha_archive.so'. 2016-03-18 00:22:20 4383 [Note] InnoDB: Using atomics to ref count buffer pool pages 2016-03-18 00:22:20 4383 [Note] InnoDB: The InnoDB memory heap is disabled 2016-03-18 00:22:20 4383 [Note] InnoDB: Mutexes and rw_locks use GCC atomic builtins 2016-03-18 00:22:20 4383 [Note] InnoDB: Memory barrier is not used 2016-03-18 00:22:20 4383 [Note] InnoDB: Compressed tables use zlib 1.2.8 2016-03-18 00:22:20 4383 [Note] InnoDB: Using Linux native AIO 2016-03-18 00:22:20 4383 [Note] InnoDB: Not using CPU crc32 instructions 2016-03-18 00:22:20 4383 [Note] InnoDB: Initializing buffer pool, size = 128.0M 2016-03-18 00:22:20 4383 [Note] InnoDB: Completed initialization of buffer pool 2016-03-18 00:22:20 4383 [Note] InnoDB: Highest supported file format is Barracuda. 2016-03-18 00:22:20 4383 [Note] InnoDB: 128 rollback segment(s) are active. 2016-03-18 00:22:20 4383 [Note] InnoDB: Waiting for purge to start 2016-03-18 00:22:20 4383 [Note] InnoDB: 5.6.28 started; log sequence number 520254865948 2016-03-18 00:22:20 4383 [Note] Server hostname (bind-address): '127.0.0.1'; port: 3306 2016-03-18 00:22:20 4383 [Note] - '127.0.0.1' resolves to '127.0.0.1'; 2016-03-18 00:22:20 4383 [Note] Server socket created on IP: '127.0.0.1'. 2016-03-18 00:22:20 4383 [Note] Event Scheduler: Loaded 0 events 2016-03-18 00:22:20 4383 [Note] /usr/sbin/mysqld: ready for connections. Version: '5.6.28-0ubuntu0.15.10.1' socket: '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' port: 3306 (Ubuntu) ========================================================================================== Bug 1468185 seems to imply the InnoDB errors are safe to ignore: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-5.6/+bug/1468185 The MySQL daemon *is* currently running — I'm not sure what the start script error is. Removing and reinstalling results in the same error. ** Affects: mysql-5.6 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to mysql-5.6 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1559517 Title: MySQL Server 5.6 fails to install on Wily (configuration fails) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-5.6/+bug/1559517/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs