$ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS Release: 16.04 Codename: xenial
$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade Hit:1 http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease Hit:2 http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease Hit:3 http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease Hit:4 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease Reading package lists... Done Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these. The following packages have unmet dependencies: mysql-server-5.7 : Depends: mysql-server-core-5.7 (= 5.7.16-0ubuntu0.16.04.1) but 5.7.17-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 is installed E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f. $ sudo apt-get upgrade -f Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Correcting dependencies... Done Calculating upgrade... Done The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required: linux-image-extra-4.4.0-45-generic Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove it. The following packages will be upgraded: mysql-server-5.7 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 78 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0 B/2 856 kB of archives. After this operation, 92,2 kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y Preconfiguring packages ... (Reading database ... 166731 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../mysql-server-5.7_5.7.17-0ubuntu0.16.04.1_amd64.deb ... cp: cannot overwrite directory '/var/lib/mysql-upgrade/DATADIR.link/mysql' with non-directory dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/mysql-server-5.7_5.7.17-0ubuntu0.16.04.1_amd64.deb (--unpack): subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/mysql-server-5.7_5.7.17-0ubuntu0.16.04.1_amd64.deb 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/1474212 Title: Upgrade fails when /var/lib/mysql is a soft link To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mariadb-10.0/+bug/1474212/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
