Ubuntu
mysql-5.5 package

package mysql-server-5.5 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1

Bug #1084764 reported by Oh the Huge Manatee on 2012-11-29

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #1075251: package mysql-server-5.5 5.5.28-0ubuntu0.12.04.2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1. Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	mysql-5.5 (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

During dist-upgrade, mysql package failed with this error:

cp: cannot overwrite directory `/var/lib/mysql-upgrade/DATADIR.link/mysql' with non-directory
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/mysql-server-5.5_5.5.28-0ubuntu0.12.04.2_i386.deb (--unpack):
subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: mysql-server-5.5 (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-27.44-virtual 3.0.45
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-27-virtual i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Nov 29 22:08:46 2012
Ec2AMI: ami-ccf405a5
Ec2AMIManifest: (unknown)
Ec2AvailabilityZone: us-east-1b
Ec2InstanceType: m1.small
Ec2Kernel: aki-407d9529
Ec2Ramdisk: unavailable
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
SourcePackage: mysql-5.5
Title: package mysql-server-5.5 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-11-29 (0 days ago)