Past experience (and googling) suggest synaptic might have been running
in the background, or a previous dpkg may have hung. Can you paste the
output of 'ps -ef' in this bug report? Check for 'synaptic', 'apt*', and
dpkg, and, if you don't see any of those, then re-try the mysql
reinstallation?
** Changed in: mysql-dfsg-5.1 (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Incomplete
** Changed in: mysql-dfsg-5.1 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => Medium
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package mysql-server-5.1 5.1.41-3ubuntu12 failed to install/upgrade: Package is
in a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall it before attempting a
removal.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/619502
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