What worked for me (on all the tested scenarios) is to: sudo apt-get remove --purge mysql* sudo apt-get install mysql-server
(this will also flush the client and I think it's actually him the root cause of the issue) After this, mysql works like a charm on my machines -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1574168 Title: mysql-server-5.7.postinst fails with "Can't create database 'performance_schema'; database exists" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-5.7/+bug/1574168/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
