Cannot install mtop

[Kyle]

Binary package hint: mtop

Nothing special here. Got an error when attempting to do

sudo install apt-get mtop

The same failed when using the Synaptic Package Manager.

ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: NO)
ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: NO)
dpkg: error processing mtop (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 mtop
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Mtop is a MySQL query monitor.

-Kyle

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Jun 24 07:54:04 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: mtop 0.6.6-1.2
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: mtop
Title: package mtop 0.6.6-1.2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-18-generic x86_64

[Magnus Lundborg (lundborg-magnus)]

Thank you for reporting this bug.
I tried installing mtop and can confirm this bug, but it only occurs if there is a password set for the mysql admin account. When installing mtop it tries to access the mysql server without using any password (as can be seen in the log file). If a password is required the access is denied.

Clearly this package should be installable even if a password is required. Perhaps it could prompt for a password if access is denied when not using a password.

[Magnus Lundborg (lundborg-magnus)]

I have marked this as a duplicate of bug 77980.