<sorry previous post continued>
I purged, then did the following:
sudo apt-get purge mysql*
I found that two packages had NOT been previously removed:
mysql-client-core-5.5
mysql-server-core-5.5
THEN, once I tried to reinstall, it installed fine.
I POSTULATE THE FOLLOWING:
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package mysql-server-5.5 5.5.22-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade:
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit
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