Public bug reported: I believe a long time ago, on the order of months, an install/uninstall of the apt-get package mysql-server failed to complete, and now I am unable to reinstall it and probably unable to truly uninstall it.
ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: mysql-server-5.7 5.7.21-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-112.135-generic 4.4.98 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-112-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.15 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sun Jan 28 12:03:11 2018 DuplicateSignature: package:mysql-server-5.7:5.7.21-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 Setting up mysql-server-5.7 (5.7.21-0ubuntu0.16.04.1) ... /var/lib/dpkg/info/mysql-server-5.7.postinst: line 143: /usr/share/mysql-common/configure-symlinks: No such file or directory dpkg: error processing package mysql-server-5.7 (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-07-16 (196 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719) Logs.var.log.daemon.log: MySQLConf.etc.mysql.my.cnf: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/etc/mysql/my.cnf' ProcCmdline: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-112-generic root=UUID=92a80525-7403-460e-8603-ff0a82e12be1 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 RelatedPackageVersions: dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.3 apt 1.2.24 SourcePackage: mysql-5.7 Title: package mysql-server-5.7 5.7.21-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: mysql-5.7 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apparmor apport-package xenial -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1745857 Title: I believe a long time ago, on the order of months, an install/uninstall of the apt-get package mysql-server failed to complete, and now I am unable to reinstall it and probably unable to truly uninstall it. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-5.7/+bug/1745857/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs