Re: Installing mySQL on Ubuntu 12.04

[Luís de Sousa]

Today I tried to install mySQL with aptitude to see if something would come up in the log:

$ sudo aptitude install mysql-server
The following NEW packages will be installed:
mysql-server mysql-server-5.5{a}
0 packages upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 16 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/8,828 kB of archives. After unpacking 32.8 MB will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] Y
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 413046 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking mysql-server-5.5 (from .../mysql-server-5.5_5.5.22-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/mysql-server-5.5_5.5.22-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/mysql/plugin/ha_example.so', which is also in package libmysqlclient-dev 5.5.23-1~dotdeb.0
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
Selecting previously unselected package mysql-server.
Unpacking mysql-server (from .../mysql-server_5.5.22-0ubuntu1_all.deb) ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead ...
ureadahead will be reprofiled on next reboot
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/mysql-server-5.5_5.5.22-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mysql-server:
mysql-server depends on mysql-server-5.5; however:
Package mysql-server-5.5 is not installed.
dpkg: error processing mysql-server (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
mysql-server

Current status: 1 broken [+1].

$ cat /var/log/aptitude
Aptitude 0.6.6: log report
Fri, Jun 8 2012 11:26:43 +0200

IMPORTANT: this log only lists intended actions; actions which fail due to
dpkg problems may not be completed.

Will install 2 packages, and remove 0 packages.
32.8 MB of disk space will be used
===============================================================================
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libcairo-gobject2:amd64
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libcairo-gobject2:i386
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libcairo-script-interpreter2:amd64
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libcairo2:i386
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libcairo2-dev:amd64
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libgdal1-1.7.0:amd64
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] printer-driver-ptouch:amd64
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] rpcbind:amd64
[INSTALL, DEPENDENCIES] mysql-server-5.5:amd64
[HOLD] libcairo2:amd64
[HOLD] libgdal1:amd64
[HOLD] ptouch-driver:amd64
[HOLD] python-cupshelpers:amd64
[HOLD] software-center:amd64
[HOLD] system-config-printer-common:amd64
[HOLD] system-config-printer-gnome:amd64
[HOLD] system-config-printer-udev:amd64
[INSTALL] mysql-server:amd64
===============================================================================

Log complete.

It doesn't say much to me. Any clues?

Thank you.