Ubuntu
mysql-5.5 package

  1. Bug #973951
  2. Comment #36

Comment 36 for bug 973951

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tobixen (tobixen) wrote :

I had similar problem, installing mysql-server fails because it won't start.

Eventually, I got it up and running after:

1) installing /etc/mysql/my.cnf

2) did this to /etc/init/mysql.conf:

- exec /usr/sbin/mysqld
+ exec sudo -u mysql /usr/sbin/mysqld