$ sudo apt install mysql-server Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following additional packages will be installed: mysql-server-5.7 Suggested packages: mailx tinyca The following NEW packages will be installed: mysql-server mysql-server-5.7 0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 2,597 kB of archives. After this operation, 48.5 MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-proposed/main amd64 mysql-server-5.7 amd64 5.7.12-0ubuntu1.1 [2,587 kB] Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-proposed/main amd64 mysql-server all 5.7.12-0ubuntu1.1 [10.1 kB] Fetched 2,597 kB in 1s (1,523 kB/s) Preconfiguring packages ... Selecting previously unselected package mysql-server-5.7. (Reading database ... 151364 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../mysql-server-5.7_5.7.12-0ubuntu1.1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking mysql-server-5.7 (5.7.12-0ubuntu1.1) ... Selecting previously unselected package mysql-server. Preparing to unpack .../mysql-server_5.7.12-0ubuntu1.1_all.deb ... Unpacking mysql-server (5.7.12-0ubuntu1.1) ... Processing triggers for systemd (229-4ubuntu6) ... Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-19) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ... Setting up mysql-server-5.7 (5.7.12-0ubuntu1.1) ... /var/lib/dpkg/info/mysql-server-5.7.postinst: line 112: /usr/share/mysql-common/configure-symlinks: No such file or directory dpkg: error processing package mysql-server-5.7 (--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-5.7; however: Package mysql-server-5.7 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package mysql-server (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Processing triggers for systemd (229-4ubuntu6) ... Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-19) ... Errors were encountered while processing: mysql-server-5.7 mysql-server E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1455818 Title: [SRU] mysql-server-5.6.postrm fails when /usr/share/mysql-common /configure-symlinks doesn't exist To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-5.6/+bug/1455818/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs