Question
Unable to install MySQL on Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS
I’m trying to install MySQL on Ubuntu 14.04.2, (Ubuntu Ruby on Rails on 14.04 (Postgres, Nginx, Unicorn) to be specific).
I’m running this command to install -
sudo apt-get install mysql-serve as root
During the installation, I’m encountering this error -
Setting up mysql-server-core-5.5 (5.5.43-0ubuntu0.14.04.1) ...
Setting up mysql-server-5.5 (5.5.43-0ubuntu0.14.04.1) ...
start: Job failed to start
invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing package mysql-server-5.5 (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mysql-server:
mysql-server depends on mysql-server-5.5; however:
Package mysql-server-5.5 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package mysql-server (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.19-0ubuntu6.6) ...
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-16) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
mysql-server-5.5
mysql-server
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Any idea what’s going wrong?
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Did you first perform a
in order to update your apt database?
yep, I did that. Still getting the same error.
Don’t know if it helps, but
I’m running this to remove the current installation -
And then installed MySQL using the above mentioned command. Still getting the same issue.
you might try removing your install of mysql first:
then reinstall mariadb:
get the repository for latest mariadb
install the needed things
Similar issues with mariadb as well. I’m thinking it might be due to the 512mb ram droplet I’m using. Does that make sense?
I have several 512mb droplets all running Mariadb happily.
Here is something that looks like it might help:
http://tutewall.com/package-mysql-server-5-5-is-not-configured-yet/
Oh, that’s great!
I remember seeing mariadb installation throwing an error about lack of memory, and so I’ve upgraded the droplet. This fixed the issue as of now, but thanks for the link. I’ll look into it.