Comment 0 for bug 1567612

After an apt-get upgrade today, mysql-server-5.6 got uninstalled, but nothing came to replace it.
I therefore used apt-get install mysql-server to get the latest 5.7, but it could not be configured (dpkg threw out error 11, about 5.7 not being configured).

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: mysql-server-5.7 (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-17.33-lowlatency 4.4.6
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-17-lowlatency x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: talpa_vfshook talpa_pedconnector talpa_pedevice talpa_vcdevice talpa_core talpa_linux talpa_syscallhook zfs zunicode zcommon znvpair zavl
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Apr 7 19:11:30 2016
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 11
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-01-13 (84 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1
 apt 1.2.10
SourcePackage: mysql-5.7
Title: package mysql-server-5.7 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 11
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)