I'm getting this too. Google is ranking this search. /usr/share/mysql-common contains only the "internal-use-only" directory.
We somehow had http://mariadb.mirror.digitalpacific.com.au/repo/10.2/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 as the source. (10.2.6+maria~xenial) Commenting this out for "stock" 5.7.18-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 helped. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1585153 Title: postinst fails: configure-symlinks missing even though mysql-common appears installed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-5.7/+bug/1585153/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
