mysql fails to update through synaptic
This may relate to bug #295684 - at least, one of the error messages matches!
Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy.
mysql-server
mysql-server-5.0
Routine Security Update with synaptic around end Feb 2010 failed with the following error messages. A subsequent new attempt (updating nothing else) got an identical result.
E: /var/cache/
E: /var/cache/
Should I just await developments or is there something I could do myself?
At the moment I am not letting synaptic do these updates - if I just await developments, how do I know when it is OK to let them happen?
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- 2010-03-15
Kristopher Ives (krisives) said : | #1 |
Have you tried using the "Reinstall this package" feature in Synaptic?
richard (car4ric4) said : | #2 |
Kristopher
Thanks for responding.
No, I had not tried this.
So I had a go today.
In Synaptic, the option to Reinstall these two packages was greyed out,
so I marked them both for Removal (not Complete Removal) as a first
step. One of them failed this stage as follows
E: mysql-server-5.0: subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit
status 1
I ignored this error and then marked mysql-server for Installation - the
option was not offered for the one whose removal had failed. I think
(from the messages thrown up) that Synaptic reckoned it was upgrading
from version 5.4 to 5.5. However this too failed
E: /var/cache/
subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
E: /var/cache/
subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Now in Synaptic, the packages are marked as follows:
mysql-server with (I think) the 'Mark for Reinstallation' arrow in its
box. The name and details have a light green background.
mysql-server-5.0 with (I think) the 'Mark for Upgrade' arrow in its
filled-in box. The name and details have a light yellow background.
Is this any help? I only have a basic knowledge of Synaptic (more of an
Applications background than Systems) so am nervous about anything which
might mess up the system.
Richard
Kristopher Ives wrote:
> Your question #104114 on mysql-dfsg-5.0 in ubuntu changed:
> https:/
>
> Status: Open => Needs information
>
> Kristopher Ives requested for more information:
> Have you tried using the "Reinstall this package" feature in Synaptic?
>
>
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Kristopher Ives (krisives) said : | #3 |
I had this same problem a while ago when a package script was failing too, and it wouldn't let me remove the package. I did this:
Then I was able to remove the package and install it again.
richard (car4ric4) said : | #4 |
Kristopher
Thanks for your response. I followed the steps in khattam.info and
synaptic then did not regard the package as installed, as expected. But
when I tried to install it, I got what looked like the same error again,
only now referring to installation rather than removal.
E: /var/cache/
subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
E: /var/cache/
subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
In the detail provided by synaptic as it runs, it seemed to say it was
trying and failing to stop a mysql database process mysqld. Could this
be the source of the problem? If so, do you know what I can do about it
and why it might have started to be a problem?
Thanks for your time
Richard
Kristopher Ives wrote:
> Your question #104114 on mysql-dfsg-5.0 in ubuntu changed:
> https:/
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> Kristopher Ives proposed the following answer:
> I had this same problem a while ago when a package script was failing
> too, and it wouldn't let me remove the package. I did this:
>
> http://
> returned-
>
> Then I was able to remove the package and install it again.
>
>
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