package mariadb-common 1:10.11.11-0ubuntu0.24.04.2 failed to install/upgrade: installed mariadb-common package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 2

[Mohamed]

package mariadb-common 1:10.11.11-0ubuntu0.24.04.2 failed to install/upgrade: installed mariadb-common package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 2

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
Package: mariadb-common 1:10.11.11-0ubuntu0.24.04.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.11.0-21.21~24.04.1-generic 6.11.11
Uname: Linux 6.11.0-21-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu3.5
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: fail
Date: Thu Apr 10 08:51:36 2025
Dependencies: mysql-common 5.8+1.1.0build1
DuplicateSignature:
 package:mariadb-common:1:10.11.11-0ubuntu0.24.04.2
 Setting up mariadb-common (1:10.11.11-0ubuntu0.24.04.2) ...
 update-alternatives: error: alternative path /etc/mysql/mariadb.cnf doesn't exist
 dpkg: error processing package mariadb-common (--configure):
  installed mariadb-common package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 2
ErrorMessage: installed mariadb-common package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 2
InstallationDate: Installed on 2024-12-07 (126 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS "Noble Numbat" - Release amd64 (20240827.1)
Logs.var.log.daemon.log:

MySQLConf.etc.mysql.mariadb.cnf: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/etc/mysql/mariadb.cnf'
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.11.0-21-generic root=UUID=a6d8820f-51cc-4ebb-b570-7d1cd44a24ec ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.12, Python 3.12.3, python3-minimal, 3.12.3-0ubuntu2
PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python3.12, Python 3.12.3, python-is-python3, 3.11.4-1
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.22.6ubuntu6.1
 apt 2.7.14build2
SourcePackage: mariadb
Title: package mariadb-common 1:10.11.11-0ubuntu0.24.04.2 failed to install/upgrade: installed mariadb-common package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 2
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
modified.conffile..etc.mysql.mariadb.cnf: [deleted]

[Otto Kekäläinen (otto)]

This seems like a duplicate of https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mariadb/+bug/2101858

Was /etc/mysql/mariadb.cnf perhaps removed manually on this system?