The mysqld won't launch because it appears to see another process using port 3306 and the update to mysql-server-5.7 fails. - from mysql error log file:
2016-09-15T02:18:17.979012Z 0 [Note] /usr/sbin/mysqld (mysqld 5.7.13-0ubuntu0.16.04.2) starting as process 23533 ... 2016-09-15T02:18:17.983324Z 0 [Note] InnoDB: PUNCH HOLE support available 2016-09-15T02:18:17.983359Z 0 [Note] InnoDB: Mutexes and rw_locks use GCC atomic builtins 2016-09-15T02:18:17.983369Z 0 [Note] InnoDB: Uses event mutexes 2016-09-15T02:18:17.983376Z 0 [Note] InnoDB: GCC builtin __atomic_thread_fence() is used for memory barrier 2016-09-15T02:18:17.983383Z 0 [Note] InnoDB: Compressed tables use zlib 1.2.8 2016-09-15T02:18:17.983390Z 0 [Note] InnoDB: Using Linux native AIO 2016-09-15T02:18:17.983570Z 0 [Note] InnoDB: Number of pools: 1 2016-09-15T02:18:17.983656Z 0 [Note] InnoDB: Using CPU crc32 instructions 2016-09-15T02:18:17.984766Z 0 [Note] InnoDB: Initializing buffer pool, total size = 128M, instances = 1, chunk size = 128M 2016-09-15T02:18:17.992421Z 0 [Note] InnoDB: Completed initialization of buffer pool 2016-09-15T02:18:17.994116Z 0 [Note] InnoDB: If the mysqld execution user is authorized, page cleaner thread priority can be changed. See the man page of setpriority(). 2016-09-15T02:18:18.005405Z 0 [Note] InnoDB: Highest supported file format is Barracuda. 2016-09-15T02:18:18.618634Z 0 [Note] InnoDB: Creating shared tablespace for temporary tables 2016-09-15T02:18:18.618709Z 0 [Note] InnoDB: Setting file './ibtmp1' size to 12 MB. Physically writing the file full; Please wait ... 2016-09-15T02:18:20.536298Z 0 [Note] InnoDB: File './ibtmp1' size is now 12 MB. 2016-09-15T02:18:20.553687Z 0 [Note] InnoDB: 96 redo rollback segment(s) found. 96 redo rollback segment(s) are active. 2016-09-15T02:18:20.553726Z 0 [Note] InnoDB: 32 non-redo rollback segment(s) are active. 2016-09-15T02:18:20.561468Z 0 [Note] InnoDB: 5.7.13 started; log sequence number 2640189 2016-09-15T02:18:20.561675Z 0 [Note] Plugin 'FEDERATED' is disabled. 2016-09-15T02:18:20.564973Z 0 [Note] InnoDB: Loading buffer pool(s) from /var/lib/mysql/ib_buffer_pool 2016-09-15T02:18:20.565308Z 0 [Note] InnoDB: Buffer pool(s) load completed at 160914 22:18:20 2016-09-15T02:18:20.568395Z 0 [Warning] Failed to set up SSL because of the following SSL library error: SSL context is not usable without certificate and private key 2016-09-15T02:18:20.568420Z 0 [Note] Server hostname (bind-address): '192.168.100.16'; port: 3306 2016-09-15T02:18:20.568434Z 0 [Note] - '192.168.100.16' resolves to '192.168.100.16'; 2016-09-15T02:18:20.568460Z 0 [Note] Server socket created on IP: '192.168.100.16'. 2016-09-15T02:18:20.568478Z 0 [ERROR] Can't start server: Bind on TCP/IP port: Cannot assign requested address 2016-09-15T02:18:20.568483Z 0 [ERROR] Do you already have another mysqld server running on port: 3306 ? 2016-09-15T02:18:20.568497Z 0 [ERROR] Aborting -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1623440 Title: package mysql-server-5.7 5.7.15-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-5.7/+bug/1623440/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs