Confirmed, this bug prevents users from replacing mysql with percona packages. A quick fix is to extract akonadi -backend-mysql page, modify control file (change Depends), repack .deb file and reinstall (the solution below is more or less working - I'm tweaking the Depends section now)
apt-get install --reinstall --download-only akonadi-backend-mysql mv /var/cache/apt/archives/akonadi-backend-mysql_1.12.1-0ubuntu1.1_all.deb . ar x akonadi-backend-mysql_1.12.1-0ubuntu1.1_all.deb tar xvzf control.tar.gz vi control Depends: virtual-mysql-server-core | mariadb-server-core-5.5 | percona-server-server, mysql-client-core-5.5 | mariadb-client-core-5.5 | percona-server-client-5.6, libqt4-sql-mysql rm control.tar.gz tar c postinst postrm md5sums control conffiles | gzip -c > control.tar.gz ar rcs akonadi-backend-mysql_1.12.1-0ubuntu1.1_percona_all.deb debian-binary control.tar.gz data.tar.xz dpkg -i akonadi-backend-mysql_1.12.1-0ubuntu1.1_percona_all.deb apt-get install percona-server-server-5.6 percona-server-client-5.6 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1336005 Title: akonadi-server too dependent on MySQL and prevent percona instalation To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/akonadi/+bug/1336005/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
