Package: mysql-server-5.5 Version: 5.5.30 I upgraded debian to wheezy and got errors with mysql-server so I removed it. Now I can't reinstall it. I get:
$ sudo apt-get install mysql-server Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following extra packages will be installed: mysql-server-5.5 Suggested packages: tinyca The following NEW packages will be installed: mysql-server mysql-server-5.5 0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B/2065 kB of archives. After this operation, 31.6 MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Preconfiguring packages ... Selecting previously unselected package mysql-server-5.5. (Reading database ... 33290 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking mysql-server-5.5 (from .../mysql-server-5.5_5.5.30+dfsg-1.1_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package mysql-server. Unpacking mysql-server (from .../mysql-server_5.5.30+dfsg-1.1_all.deb) ... Processing triggers for man-db ... gdbm fatal: malloc error Setting up mysql-server-5.5 (5.5.30+dfsg-1.1) ... [ ok ] Stopping MySQL database server: mysqld. insserv: warning: script 'K01exim' missing LSB tags and overrides insserv: warning: script 'K01sendmail' missing LSB tags and overrides insserv: warning: script 'S16libdevmapper1.02' missing LSB tags and overrides insserv: warning: script 'exim' missing LSB tags and overrides insserv: warning: script 'iptables' missing LSB tags and overrides insserv: warning: script 'sendmail' missing LSB tags and overrides insserv: warning: script 'apache' missing LSB tags and overrides insserv: warning: script 'libdevmapper1.02' missing LSB tags and overrides [FAIL] Starting MySQL database server: mysqld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . failed! invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "start" failed. dpkg: error processing mysql-server-5.5 (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mysql-server: mysql-server depends on mysql-server-5.5; however: Package mysql-server-5.5 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing mysql-server (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: mysql-server-5.5 mysql-server E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) $ Notice the somewhat worrying gdbm fatal: malloc error. How do I get mysql back? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]

