package mysql-server-5.7 5.7.24-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[MICHAEL HARBOUCHE]

Occured during ubutu 16.04.5 LTS install

Setting up mysql-server-5.7 (5.7.24-0ubuntu0.16.04.1) ...
Renaming removed key_buffer and myisam-recover options (if present)
ERROR: Unable to start MySQL server:
2018-10-27T09:39:34.293278Z 0 [ERROR] unknown variable 'log_slow_queries=/var/log/mysql/mysql-slow.log'
2018-10-27T09:39:34.298536Z 0 [ERROR] Aborting
Please take a look at https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/MySQL/FAQ for tips on fixing common upgrade issues.
Once the problem is resolved, run apt-get --fix-broken install to retry.
dpkg: error processing package mysql-server-5.7 (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
ERROR: Cannot create report: [Errno 17] File exists: '/var/crash/mysql-server-5.7.0.crash'
Exception during pm.DoInstall(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: mysql-server-5.7 5.7.24-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-55.94-generic 3.13.11-ckt20
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-55-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.18
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Oct 27 11:28:20 2018
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Logs.var.log.daemon.log:

MySQLConf.etc.mysql.conf.d.mysql.cnf: [mysql]
MySQLConf.etc.mysql.conf.d.mysqld_safe_syslog.cnf:
 [mysqld_safe]
 syslog
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', 'ib_logfile0', 'ib_logfile1', 'hbi_tmpwork_dm', 'chart_analysis', 'si_pige_immo_cp', 'si_pige_immo', 'hbi_dm1', 'reqbo_tmpwork', 'hbi_src', 'hbi_src_tpl', 'si_frm', 'debian-5.5.flag', 'tmpwork_sipi', 'hbi_tmpwork', 'tmpwork', 'ibdata1', 'hbi_acp_cepidc_llc', 'bkp_pige_immo', 'mysql_upgrade_info', 'hbi_tmpwork_acp', 'mysql', 'hbi_publi_llc2', 'sipi_tmpwork']
ProcCmdline: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-55-generic root=UUID=ffa27525-e03c-46b6-9fdf-56f7ef6b5825 ro console=tty1 console=ttyS0
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.4
 apt 1.2.29
SourcePackage: mysql-5.7
Title: package mysql-server-5.7 5.7.24-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2018-10-27 (0 days ago)

[Joshua Powers (powersj)]

From terminal log:

2018-10-27T09:28:20.550355Z 0 [ERROR] unknown variable 'log_slow_queries=/var/log/mysql/mysql-slow.log'

[Joshua Powers (powersj)]

The log_slow_queries should be slow_query_log

Marking this incomplete as it is not a bug in Ubuntu.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for mysql-5.7 (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]