As far as I can tell, my database files are not corrupted, and yet the installation failed anyway.
I explicitly stopped MySQL with the following command: sudo /etc/init.d/mysql stop then tried the upgrade again, and it still failed with the same message (see the bug summary). -- package mysql-server-5.1 5.1.37-1ubuntu5 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/501655 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
