package mysql-server-5.0 5.1.30really5.0.75-0ubuntu10.2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[suniyo]

may be due to not enough free space on my hard-drive. only 200 - 300 mbs were free when it crashed. I freed some space upto 1 GB and marked it for re-installation using synaptic package manager and it worked.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Package: mysql-server-5.0 5.1.30really5.0.75-0ubuntu10.2
SourcePackage: mysql-dfsg-5.0
Title: package mysql-server-5.0 5.1.30really5.0.75-0ubuntu10.2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-15-generic i686

[Mathias Gug (mathiaz)]

Relevant error message:

* /etc/init.d/mysql: ERROR: The partition with /var/lib/mysql is too full!

As you've already found out, freeing up some space on the system fixed the problem.