Hello;
i am having the following error on my ubuntu server whenever i run
apt-get update && apt-get upgrade
The following errors occur…
Setting up mariadb-server-5.5 (5.5.47+maria-1~trusty) ...
* Stopping MariaDB database server mysqld [ OK ]
* Starting MariaDB database server mysqld [fail]
invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing package mariadb-server-5.5 (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mariadb-server:
mariadb-server depends on mariadb-server-5.5 (= 5.5.47+maria-1~trusty); however :
Package mariadb-server-5.5 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package mariadb-server (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup erro r from a previous failure.
Errors were encountered while processing:
mariadb-server-5.5
mariadb-server
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
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It seems to be the result of a muddled setup between installing
mariadb
andmysql
. Rebooting the machine and runningapt-get
again solved the issue for me.