Can't Install MySQL or MariaDB

[Richard Johnson]

root@forest-laptop:~# cat /etc/issue
Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS \n \l

root@forest-laptop:~# uname -a
Linux forest-laptop 3.13.0-37-generic #64-Ubuntu SMP Mon Sep 22 21:30:01 UTC 2014 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux

root@forest-laptop:~# lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS
Release: 14.04

root@forest-laptop:~# apt-get update
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty InRelease
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security InRelease
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty Release.gpg
Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security Release.gpg [933 B]
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty Release
Get:2 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security Release [59.7 kB]
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty/main Sources
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty/main i386 Packages
Get:3 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/restricted Sources [14 B]
Get:4 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/universe Sources [11.2 kB]
Get:5 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/restricted i386 Packages [14 B]
Get:6 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/universe i386 Packages [50.3 kB]
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/universe Translation-en
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty/main Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty InRelease
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty Release.gpg
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe Translation-en_US
Fetched 122 kB in 9s (12.4 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done

root@forest-laptop:~# apt-get install mysql-server
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package mysql-server is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
However the following packages replace it:
  mariadb-server-5.5
E: Package 'mysql-server' has no installation candidate

root@forest-laptop:~# apt-get install mariadb-server-5.5
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 mariadb-server-5.5 : Depends: libdbi-perl but it is not installable
                      Depends: mariadb-client-5.5 (>= 5.5.39-0ubuntu0.14.04.1) but it is not going to be installed
                      Depends: mariadb-server-core-5.5 (>= 5.5.39-0ubuntu0.14.04.1) but it is not going to be installed
                      Depends: libaio1 (>= 0.3.93) but it is not installable
                      PreDepends: mariadb-common but it is not going to be installed
                      Recommends: libhtml-template-perl but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

[Richard Johnson (richard-johnson)]

This bug was caused by enabling the restricted and multiverse repositories.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.