While I would like to solve this ... the need for the mySQL server is now gone. So this may remain forever a mystery.
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Problem to be solved: MySQL does not start.
What's been done so far: (sudo was applied where appropriate and a few times where it may have been un-needed just in case)
- apt-get -f
- apt-get --fix-missing
- apt-get --purge
- apt-get --reinstall
- rebooting
- /etc/init.d/mysql start
- dpkg-reconfigure
Code: Select all
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
mysql-server is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
2 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
Setting up mysql-server-5.5 (5.5.44-0+deb7u1) ...
[ ok ] Stopping MySQL database server: mysqld.
[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)