Why am I not able to run a mysql server on my debian droplet?

Posted on December 8, 2013

When it asks me to input a new root password for the main mysql user, it says that it can’t set a password because a password is already set or because it can “contact the mysql server” and then when it’s supposed to start the server, it prompts the following error:

http://pastebin.com/35pCkkJk

Thank you in advance guys

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pablo

December 8, 2013

Have you check out the MySQL sections of either: 1.) <a href=“https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-install-linux-nginx-mysql-php-lemp-stack-on-debian-7”>How To Install Linux, Nginx, MySQL, PHP (LEMP) Stack on Debian 7</a>; or 2.) <a href=“https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-install-linux-apache-mysql-php-lamp-stack-on-debian”>How To Install Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP (LAMP) stack on Debian</a>?

homerproyelloman

December 8, 2013

When I run “apt-get install mysql-server” and it fails to run the new mysql server, on the process it outputed the following error: 131208 17:34:18 InnoDB: Using Linux native AIO /usr/sbin/mysqld: Can’t create/write to file ‘/tmp/ibxGZpzM’ (Errcode: 13) 131208 17:34:18 InnoDB: Error: unable to create temporary file; errno: 13 We have been having permissions problems, which aren’t solved yet, on our debian droplet. Even with this error, I tried to run “mysql_install_db” but it’s giving the same error.

pablo

December 8, 2013

Have you tried? <pre>sudo apt-get -y install mysql-server</pre>