Public bug reported: root@forest-laptop:~# cat /etc/issue Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS \n \l
root@forest-laptop:~# uname -a Linux forest-laptop 3.13.0-37-generic #64-Ubuntu SMP Mon Sep 22 21:30:01 UTC 2014 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux root@forest-laptop:~# lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS Release: 14.04 root@forest-laptop:~# apt-get update Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty InRelease Ign http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security InRelease Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty Release.gpg Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security Release.gpg [933 B] Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty Release Get:2 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security Release [59.7 kB] Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty/main Sources Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty/main i386 Packages Get:3 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/restricted Sources [14 B] Get:4 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/universe Sources [11.2 kB] Get:5 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/restricted i386 Packages [14 B] Get:6 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/universe i386 Packages [50.3 kB] Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/restricted Translation-en Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/universe Translation-en Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty/main Translation-en_US Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty/main Translation-en Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty InRelease Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty Release.gpg Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty Release Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted Sources Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe Sources Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted i386 Packages Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe i386 Packages Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted Translation-en Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe Translation-en Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted Translation-en_US Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe Translation-en_US Fetched 122 kB in 9s (12.4 kB/s) Reading package lists... Done root@forest-laptop:~# apt-get install mysql-server Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Package mysql-server is not available, but is referred to by another package. This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available from another source However the following packages replace it: mariadb-server-5.5 E: Package 'mysql-server' has no installation candidate root@forest-laptop:~# apt-get install mariadb-server-5.5 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming. The following information may help to resolve the situation: The following packages have unmet dependencies: mariadb-server-5.5 : Depends: libdbi-perl but it is not installable Depends: mariadb-client-5.5 (>= 5.5.39-0ubuntu0.14.04.1) but it is not going to be installed Depends: mariadb-server-core-5.5 (>= 5.5.39-0ubuntu0.14.04.1) but it is not going to be installed Depends: libaio1 (>= 0.3.93) but it is not installable PreDepends: mariadb-common but it is not going to be installed Recommends: libhtml-template-perl but it is not installable E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. ** Affects: mysql-5.5 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1385040 Title: Can't Install MySQL or MariaDB To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-5.5/+bug/1385040/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs