Can't install mysql-server after upgrade to debian wheezy
$ sudo apt-get install mysql-server
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
mysql-server-5.5
Suggested packages:
tinyca
The following NEW packages will be installed:
mysql-server mysql-server-5.5
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/2065 kB of archives.
After this operation, 31.6 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously unselected package mysql-server-5.5.
(Reading database ... 33290 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking mysql-server-5.5 (from .../mysql-server-5.5_5.5.30+dfsg-1.1_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously unselected package mysql-server.
Unpacking mysql-server (from .../mysql-server_5.5.30+dfsg-1.1_all.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
gdbm fatal: malloc error
Setting up mysql-server-5.5 (5.5.30+dfsg-1.1) ...
[ ok ] Stopping MySQL database server: mysqld.
insserv: warning: script 'K01exim' missing LSB tags and overrides
insserv: warning: script 'K01sendmail' missing LSB tags and overrides
insserv: warning: script 'S16libdevmapper1.02' missing LSB tags and overrides
insserv: warning: script 'exim' missing LSB tags and overrides
insserv: warning: script 'iptables' missing LSB tags and overrides
insserv: warning: script 'sendmail' missing LSB tags and overrides
insserv: warning: script 'apache' missing LSB tags and overrides
insserv: warning: script 'libdevmapper1.02' missing LSB tags and overrides
[FAIL] Starting MySQL database server: mysqld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . failed!
invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing mysql-server-5.5 (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mysql-server:
mysql-server depends on mysql-server-5.5; however:
Package mysql-server-5.5 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing mysql-server (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
mysql-server-5.5
mysql-server
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
$
Notice the somewhat worrying "gdbm fatal: malloc error".
How do I get mysql back?
4 Replies
If you weren't using dotdeb, this would probably be a good thing to search Debian's bug tracker
What is your /etc/mysql/my.cnf ?
The upgrade to 5.5 might have some hiccups with something in your existing my.cnf that 5.5 doesn't like for some reason.
Its likely as a consequence of apt-get install running out of memory and not completing a configure setup. Stop a few services and do the apt-get install again to see if it completes the configure step. Then look at the mysql.log.
If apt is having trouble installing perhaps you are running on too small a linode for your use. There are parameters in /etc/mysql/my.cnf that dramaticly affect memory usage. Some elements also became obsolete so there's a chance you may need to change some settings.
But hey, I use Mariadb anyway for many reasons
The following steps solved my problem for mysql-server in debian wheezy.
1. Go to
2.Generate the source list.
3. Copy and paste the generated list into your /etc/apt/sources.list file. (Make a backup first!)
4.After that, run #apt-get update
Hope it helps.