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package phpmyadmin 4:4.6.6-5 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Bug #1740900 reported by Larry Taylor on 2018-01-02

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #1652359: package phpmyadmin 4:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1. Edit Remove

This bug affects 5 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	phpmyadmin (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Installation could not connect to mysql through socket.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: phpmyadmin 4:4.6.6-5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-21.24-generic 4.13.13
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-21-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.6
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Jan 2 11:21:47 2018
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-11-13 (50 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64 (20171018)
PackageArchitecture: all
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.6, Python 3.6.3, python3-minimal, 3.6.3-0ubuntu2
PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.14, python-minimal, 2.7.14-2ubuntu1
RelatedPackageVersions:
dpkg 1.18.24ubuntu1
apt 1.5.1
SourcePackage: phpmyadmin
Title: package phpmyadmin 4:4.6.6-5 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Larry Taylor (lotaylor) wrote on 2018-01-02:

AptOrdering.txt Edit (1.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (5.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (1.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (61.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgHistoryLog.txt Edit (2.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (13.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DuplicateSignature.txt Edit (794 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
JournalErrors.txt Edit (125.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt Edit (770 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2018-01-02

tags:

removed: need-duplicate-check

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2018-02-24:

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in phpmyadmin (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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Paul David Johnson (pauldjgh) wrote on 2018-02-24:

The problem is that phpmyadmin does not add mysql server packages when installing it without first having mysql server installed. I had assume that it would and the default configuration method assumes a localhost mysql server