"I had to do a "sudo bash" to get the password prompt from the "mysql" command to work, from a # prompt), repeating the install appears to work."
Can somebody enplane the above in a layman's process so I can get this fixed on my machine? It seems like it worked. I am trying to avoid doing fresh installs as I don't want to act like I am using Winslows! -- package mysql-server None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/mysql-server.list] failed to install/upgrade: subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/239627 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to mysql-dfsg-5.0 in ubuntu. -- 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