package mysql-server-5.7 5.7.19-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Mouz Asfaw]

package mysql-server-5.7 5.7.19-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: mysql-server-5.7 5.7.19-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-92.115-generic 4.4.76
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-92-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Sep 14 10:33:58 2017
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-04-04 (163 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719)
Logs.var.log.daemon.log:

MySQLConf.etc.mysql.conf.d.mysql.cnf: [mysql]
MySQLConf.etc.mysql.conf.d.mysqldump.cnf:
 [mysqldump]
 quick
 quote-names
 max_allowed_packet = 16M
MySQLConf.etc.mysql.mysql.conf.d.mysqld_safe_syslog.cnf:
 [mysqld_safe]
 syslog
MySQLVarLibDirListing: ['performance_schema', 'sys', 'ibdata1', 'auto.cnf', 'debian-5.7.flag', 'ib_logfile1', 'ib_buffer_pool', 'ib_logfile0', 'todo', 'mysql']
ProcCmdline: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-92-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=b2f53fc5-2389-4edb-b00e-1015c55bc957 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.2
 apt 1.2.24
SourcePackage: mysql-5.7
Title: package mysql-server-5.7 5.7.19-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Christian Ehrhardt  (paelzer)]

Hi,
upon the update mysql needs to remove and reinsert its init scripts.
While doing so the system detected an impossible condition.

From the logs:
insserv: warning: script 'runmbbservice' missing LSB tags and overrides
insserv: loop involving service procps at depth 2
insserv: loop involving service udev at depth 1
insserv: Starting runmbbservice depends on plymouth and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
[...]
insserv: Starting runmbbservice depends on plymouth and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
insserv: exiting now without changing boot order!
update-rc.d: error: insserv rejected the script header

I didn't find runmbbservice in the Ubuntu archive.
You could run locate runmbbservice and then dpkg -S <files> to check which package installed them if you think they are from the archive.
There is a very simliar case [1] and the solution very likely is to remove the unsupported software as I'd have expected.

[1]: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+question/284708

[Christian Ehrhardt  (paelzer)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better.

Since it seems likely to me that this is a local configuration problem, rather than a bug in Ubuntu, I'm marking this bug as Incomplete.

If indeed this is a local configuration problem, you can find pointers to get help for this sort of problem here: http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community

Or if you believe that this is really a bug, then you may find it helpful to read "How to report bugs effectively" http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html. We'd be grateful if you would then provide a more complete description of the problem, explain why you believe this is a bug in Ubuntu rather than a problem specific to your system, and then change the bug status back to New.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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