Ubuntu
mysql-5.7 package

  1. Bug #1567884
  2. Comment #8

Comment 8 for bug 1567884

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Alex (normadize) wrote :

>> ... but the dir /etc/mysql/conf.d/ does not exist. This should be removed as it blocks the install!
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> The mysql-common package provides /etc/mysql/conf.d/mysql.cnf and others. If you have deleted it locally, then this user choice will be preserved. To fix your system, try purging all mysql packages and then reinstalling.

Please read my previous message fully.

I specifically said I purged all mysql packages and installed fresh, and included very detailed steps about the problem, with error messages and with fixes I had to apply.

It is definitely not a local configuration problem.