Cannot install mysql-server on Ubuntu 16.04
After running
sudo apt-get install mysql-server
The installation starts, but it blocks here:
Renaming removed key_buffer and myisam-recover options (if present)
I have a 10usd/month linode instance, on which I run ubuntu 16.04.
Everything is very standard, and I followed all guides from linode to configure my server.
I have tried many different solutions already, including:
purging every mysql* package, removing all configuration file, running apt-get update, apt-get upgrade and retrying the install
try to fix the my.cnf file after the failed installing and repair the installation with apt-get install -f
run dpkg –configure -a, apt-get install -f
None of these solutions worked
I am absolutely hopeless. If I cant install mysql on linode then its absolutely useless to me…
Help would be very appreciated, thanks.
1 Reply
I'm sorry you're seeing these issues, but I can't replicate this. I've spun up a new Ubuntu 16.04 server and have successfully run sudo apt-get install mysql-server, installing the database with no issues. Can you confirm that you ran 'sudo apt-get update' and a 'sudo apt-get upgrade' first?