package mysql-server 5.0.51a-3ubuntu5.1 failed to install/upgrade: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

[Ian Cohen]

this happened when i tried to aptget install mysql-server on my dell mini 9.

1)
ian@ian:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 8.04.1
Release: 8.04
2)
ian@ian:~$ apt-cache policy mysql-server
mysql-server:
  Installed: 5.0.51a-3ubuntu5.1
  Candidate: 5.0.51a-3ubuntu5.1
  Version table:
 *** 5.0.51a-3ubuntu5.1 0
        500 http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-updates/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     5.0.51a-3ubuntu5 0
        500 http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy/main Packages
3)
install mysql server
4)
Setting up mysql-server-5.0 (5.0.51a-3ubuntu5.1) ...
/etc/lsb-base-logging.sh: line 84: INITOUTPUT: unbound variable
invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "stop" failed.
chown: cannot access `/var/run/mysqld': No such file or directory
/etc/lsb-base-logging.sh: line 84: INITOUTPUT: unbound variable
invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing mysql-server-5.0 (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mysql-server:
 mysql-server depends on mysql-server-5.0; however:
  Package mysql-server-5.0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing mysql-server (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Setting up gnome-do (0.4.0.1-0ubuntu2) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 mysql-server-5.0
 mysql-server
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: lpia
Date: Fri Dec 11 09:28:38 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ErrorMessage: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Package: mysql-server 5.0.51a-3ubuntu5.1
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: mysql-dfsg-5.0
Title: package mysql-server 5.0.51a-3ubuntu5.1 failed to install/upgrade: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-22-lpia i686

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 291987, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.