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/usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

I’ve recently upgraded to Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS and it tells me that mySQL 8 didn’t update successfully. When I try to follow steps to “Fix” the error I keep getting the same error:

dpkg: error processing package mysql-server (–configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: mysql-server-8.0 mysql-server

Please help!

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alexdo • October 18, 2020

Hey mirshakil

Would you mind sharing more information about the issue that you’re currently experiencing?

Regards, Alex

alexdo • August 9, 2020

Hi, @davidboudia You can use the following to remove any redundant dependency issues and install a functioning MySQL package

Note: I will strongly recommend you to take a snapshot of the droplet before executing any commands. Further troubleshooting the issue can cause issues with other services and it’s good to have a copy of the current state of the droplet.

sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get purge mysql*
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -f
sudo apt-get install mysql-server-5.7
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

This should sort the issue for you. Let us know how it goes.

Hope that this helps! Regards, Alex

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