acid will not install

[rjd]

Binary package hint: update-manager

update could not install

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit():snort acid returned an error code (6)

[Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson)]

Re-assigning to acidbase:

Setting up acidbase (1.3.9-1) ...
Gnome-WARNING **: invalid gnome config path '=/section/key'
GLib-GObject-WARNING **: /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.18.2/gobject/gsignal.c:1152: unable to lookup signal "show" of unloaded type `GtkMessageDialog' at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Gnome.pm line 54.
GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_signal_add_emission_hook: assertion `signal_id > 0' failed at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Gnome.pm line 54.
Gnome-WARNING **: invalid gnome config path '=/section/key'
GLib-GObject-WARNING **: /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.18.2/gobject/gsignal.c:1152: unable to lookup signal "show" of unloaded type `GtkMessageDialog' at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Gnome.pm line 60.
GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_signal_add_emission_hook: assertion `signal_id > 0' failed at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Gnome.pm line 60.
dbconfig-common: writing config to /etc/dbconfig-common/acidbase.conf
Replacing config file /etc/acidbase/database.php with new version
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2).
unable to connect to mysql server.
error encountered creating user:
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)
dbconfig-common: acidbase configure: aborted.
dbconfig-common: flushing administrative password
dpkg: error processing acidbase (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1