Debian - MySQL 5.1

Discussion in 'Server Operation' started by [email protected], Dec 29, 2010.

  1. nick@thinkbsd.com

    [email protected] New Member

    Hello folkz,

    I am currently running Debian Linux 2.6.26-2-686.

    When I attempt to completely remove mysql5.1-server so I can reinstall it I'm getting some strange problems.

    SERVER:/etc# apt-get --purge remove mysql-client-5.1 mysql-server-5.1
    Reading package lists... Done
    Building dependency tree
    Reading state information... Done
    The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
    libnet-daemon-perl libhtml-template-perl libdbi-perl libdbd-mysql-perl libplrpc-perl
    Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
    The following packages will be REMOVED:
    mysql-client* mysql-client-5.1* mysql-server* mysql-server-5.1*
    0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 4 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
    2 not fully installed or removed.
    After this operation, 37.1MB disk space will be freed.
    Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
    (Reading database ... 45620 files and directories currently installed.)
    Removing mysql-server ...
    Removing mysql-server-5.1 ...
    Stopping MySQL database server: mysqld/etc/init.d/mysql: line 44: /usr/sbin/mysqld: No such file or directory
    /etc/init.d/mysql: line 44: /usr/sbin/mysqld: No such file or directory
    .
    Purging configuration files for mysql-server-5.1 ...
    dpkg - warning: while removing mysql-server-5.1, directory `/etc/mysql' not empty so not removed.
    Removing mysql-client ...
    Removing mysql-client-5.1 ...
    Processing triggers for man-db ...


    Then I attempt to re-install it--

    SERVER:/etc# apt-get install mysql-client-5.1 mysql-server-5.1
    Reading package lists... Done
    Building dependency tree
    Reading state information... Done
    Suggested packages:
    libterm-readkey-perl tinyca
    The following NEW packages will be installed:
    mysql-client-5.1 mysql-server-5.1
    0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
    Need to get 0B/16.0MB of archives.
    After this operation, 36.9MB of additional disk space will be used.
    WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
    mysql-client-5.1 mysql-server-5.1
    Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y
    Preconfiguring packages ...
    Selecting previously deselected package mysql-client-5.1.
    (Reading database ... 45466 files and directories currently installed.)
    Unpacking mysql-client-5.1 (from .../mysql-client-5.1_5.1.54-0.dotdeb.0_i386.deb) ...
    Selecting previously deselected package mysql-server-5.1.
    Unpacking mysql-server-5.1 (from .../mysql-server-5.1_5.1.54-0.dotdeb.0_i386.deb) ...
    Processing triggers for man-db ...
    Setting up mysql-client-5.1 (5.1.54-0.dotdeb.0) ...
    Setting up mysql-server-5.1 (5.1.54-0.dotdeb.0) ...
    Stopping MySQL database server: mysqld/etc/init.d/mysql: line 44: /usr/sbin/mysqld: No such file or directory
    /etc/init.d/mysql: line 44: /usr/sbin/mysqld: No such file or directory
    .
    /etc/init.d/mysql: WARNING: /etc/mysql/my.cnf cannot be read. See README.Debian.gz (warning).
    /etc/init.d/mysql: line 44: /usr/sbin/mysqld: No such file or directory
    Starting MySQL database server: mysqld/etc/init.d/mysql: line 44: /usr/sbin/mysqld: No such file or directory
    /etc/init.d/mysql: line 44: /usr/sbin/mysqld: No such file or directory
    ./etc/init.d/mysql: line 44: /usr/sbin/mysqld: No such file or directory
    ./etc/init.d/mysql: line 44: /usr/sbin/mysqld: No such file or directory
    ./etc/init.d/mysql: line 44: /usr/sbin/mysqld: No such file or directory
    ./etc/init.d/mysql: line 44: /usr/sbin/mysqld: No such file or directory
    ./etc/init.d/mysql: line 44: /usr/sbin/mysqld: No such file or directory
    ./etc/init.d/mysql: line 44: /usr/sbin/mysqld: No such file or directory
    ./etc/init.d/mysql: line 44: /usr/sbin/mysqld: No such file or directory
    ./etc/init.d/mysql: line 44: /usr/sbin/mysqld: No such file or directory
    ./etc/init.d/mysql: line 44: /usr/sbin/mysqld: No such file or directory
    ./etc/init.d/mysql: line 44: /usr/sbin/mysqld: No such file or directory
    ./etc/init.d/mysql: line 44: /usr/sbin/mysqld: No such file or directory
    ./etc/init.d/mysql: line 44: /usr/sbin/mysqld: No such file or directory
    ./etc/init.d/mysql: line 44: /usr/sbin/mysqld: No such file or directory
    ./etc/init.d/mysql: line 44: /usr/sbin/mysqld: No such file or directory
    failed!
    invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "start" failed.
    dpkg: error processing mysql-server-5.1 (--configure):
    subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
    Errors were encountered while processing:
    mysql-server-5.1
    E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
    MHGMON:/etc#


    I noticed /usr/sbin/mysqld does not exist which is Ok since I previously uninstalled it, correct? I'm not sure how to get around this particular problem but any insight would be helpful.

    Thanks!
     

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