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mysql-5.7 package

  1. Bug #1567612
  2. Comment #11

Comment 11 for bug 1567612

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Bodo Brance (bodobr) wrote : Re: package mysql-server-5.7 not installed failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 11

@Robie, I am using sudo -i for package upgrades.
Typing:
sudo -i
cd ~
ls -al
I do not see a .my.cnf file.
So I do not have something to rename.

I solved my problem by temporarily removing the password for the mysql root@localhost account. mysql_upgrade worked, although it expired the user accounts I was working with.

Trying to reproduce the issue again, I uninstalled and then reinstalled mysql-server (with mysql-server-5.7 & mysql-server-core-5.7) as root. It failed again:

Setting up mysql-server-5.7 (5.7.11-0ubuntu5) ...
update-alternatives: using /etc/mysql/mysql.cnf to provide /etc/mysql/my.cnf (my.cnf) in auto mode
mysql_upgrade: Got error: 1045: Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: NO) while connecting to the MySQL server

then I tried as my normal user:

    sudo apt-get -f install

Result:

Setting up mysql-server-5.7 (5.7.11-0ubuntu5) ...
mysql_upgrade: Got error: 1045: Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: NO) while connecting to the MySQL server
Upgrade process encountered error and will not continue.

So it looks like it tried root@localhost again.

@Lars, the debian.cnf looks like this:

root@aspire-v3-771:/etc/mysql# cat debian.cnf
# Automatically generated for Debian scripts. DO NOT TOUCH!
[client]
host = localhost
user = root
password =
socket = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
[mysql_upgrade]
host = localhost
user = root
password =
socket = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock

I guess Postinst did not try to log in with debian-sys-maint and no password.