Try to add 'user=mysql' in [mysqld] section of /etc/mysql/my.cnf before doing 'apt-get install mysql-server'.
It worked for me. My problem was mysqld creating log files (/var/lib/mysql/[hostname]-bin.[number]) for innodb tables owned by root during the installation/upgrade. When started normally as mysql, mysqld didn't have permission to read/write these files. It looks like package installation script starts mysqld as root at first, and then as mysql. -- package mysql-server-5.1 5.1.37-1ubuntu4 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/444349 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to mysql-dfsg-5.1 in ubuntu. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
