Hi, thank you for your report and your help to make Ubuntu better. mysql-server-5.7 pre depends on mysql-common Pre-Depends: adduser (>= 3.40), debconf, mysql-common (>= 5.5)
And mysql-common is what holds that file $ dpkg -S /usr/share/mysql-common/configure-symlinks mysql-common: /usr/share/mysql-common/configure-symlinks I wonder how that could happen for you, are you by accident installing the .deb - no I see in the bits of apt history that are included you are using apt. When I try to reproduce I see it correctly pulling in mysql-common: The following NEW packages will be installed: libaio1 libcgi-fast-perl libcgi-pm-perl libencode-locale-perl libevent-core-2.0-5 libfcgi-perl libhtml-parser-perl libhtml-tagset-perl libhtml-template-perl libhttp-date-perl libhttp-message-perl libio-html-perl liblwp-mediatypes-perl libtimedate-perl liburi-perl mysql-client-5.7 mysql-client-core-5.7 mysql-common mysql-server mysql-server-5.7 mysql-server-core-5.7 But your Logs hold it without mysql-common which is causing the issue: Start-Date: 2017-02-21 14:16:23 Commandline: apt-get install mysql-server Install: mysql-client-5.7:amd64 (5.7.17-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, automatic), mysql-server-5.7:amd64 (5.7.17-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, automatic), mysql-server:amd64 (5.7.17-0ubuntu0.16.04.1), mysql-client-core-5.7:amd64 (5.7.17-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, automatic), mysql-server-core-5.7:amd64 (5.7.17-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, automatic) Remove: mariadb-server-core-10.0:amd64 (10.0.29-0ubuntu0.16.04.1), mariadb-client-10.0:amd64 (10.0.29-0ubuntu0.16.04.1), mariadb-client-core-10.0:amd64 (10.0.29-0ubuntu0.16.04.1), mariadb-client:amd64 (10.0.29-0ubuntu0.16.04.1) I see in your case it uninstalls a bunch of mariadb dependencies (as it is an either/or case). Maybe that is causing the issue. ... installying mariadb and mysql from there ... mysql-common is installed due to mariadb as well and just happens to be there already later on. >From this my case looks like: The following packages will be REMOVED: mariadb-client-10.0 mariadb-client-core-10.0 mariadb-server mariadb-server-10.0 mariadb-server-core-10.0 The following NEW packages will be installed: libevent-core-2.0-5 mysql-client-5.7 mysql-client-core-5.7 mysql-server mysql-server-5.7 mysql-server-core-5.7 Hmm, could you share what the following commands provide in your case? dpkg -l mysql-common dpkg -S /usr/share/mysql-common/configure-symlinks As I said it should be installed via dependencies, but maybe try $ apt-get install mysql-common $ apt-get install mysql-server -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1666784 Title: package mysql-server-5.7 5.7.17-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-5.7/+bug/1666784/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
