That is my assumption. I found that 'lo' was not reported by 'ifconfig'. Doing 'ifup lo' made it so that mysql-server would install w/o issue. However, doing 'ifdown lo' and removing (using purge) and then reinstalling does not fail. I will try to recreate the issue next week when I again have physical access to the machine.
The steps (including typo) are as follows: Edit /etc/network/interfaces to give the machine its static ip (note missing 'auto eth0' line): # The loopback network interface auto lo iface lo inet loopback # The primary network interface iface eth0 inet static address 10.1.10.7 netmask 255.255.255.0 gateway 10.1.10.1 Reboot Edit /etc/network/interfaces to add 'auto eth0' # The loopback network interface auto lo iface lo inet loopback # The primary network interface auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 10.1.10.7 netmask 255.255.255.0 gateway 10.1.10.1 Do 'ifup eth0' Install mysql server 'apt-get install mysql-server' Install fails... The only error in syslog is: [ERROR] Can't start server: Bind on TCP/IP port: Cannot assign requested address -- Installing mysql-server fails on a machine with a static ip https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/201584 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
