I had similar problem, installing mysql-server fails because it won't
start.

Eventually, I got it up and running after:

1) installing /etc/mysql/my.cnf

2) did this to /etc/init/mysql.conf:

- exec /usr/sbin/mysqld
+ exec sudo -u mysql /usr/sbin/mysqld

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Title:
  package mysql-server-5.5 5.5.22-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade:
  subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit
  status 1

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