Hi Vishnu, try apt-cache search mysql-server (list mysql server)
apt-get install mysql-server (install mysql server) it will install mysql-server with all the required dependencies. _Krishna On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 2:41 PM, vishnu vardhan < vishnuvardhan.li...@gmail.com> wrote: > This is what I have done : > > i have installed the mysql server and client. > > Then I have issued the following commands : > # aptitude remove --purge mysql-server mysql-client > # updatedb > # rm -r /etc/mysql/ > > After a couple of days, I have tried to install the packages again. > It has shown an error as i have mentioned in my first e-mail. > > sid. >