package mysql-server-5.7 5.7.16-0ubuntu0.16.10.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[datakid]

I am running the update from 16.04 to 16.10.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
Package: mysql-server-5.7 5.7.16-0ubuntu0.16.10.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-58.79-generic 4.4.35
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-58-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8.2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Jan 8 17:06:37 2017
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-10-14 (816 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2)
Logs.var.log.daemon.log:

MySQLConf.etc.mysql.conf.d.mysql.cnf: [mysql]
MySQLConf.etc.mysql.conf.d.mysqld_safe_syslog.cnf:
 [mysqld_safe]
 syslog
MySQLConf.etc.mysql.conf.d.mysqldump.cnf:
 [mysqldump]
 quick
 quote-names
 max_allowed_packet = 16M
MySQLConf.etc.mysql.mysql.conf.d.mysqld_safe_syslog.cnf:
 [mysqld_safe]
 syslog
MySQLVarLibDirListing: ['performance_schema', 'austlit', 'ib_logfile1', 'auto.cnf', 'mysql_upgrade_info', 'mysql', 'rmh', 'debian-5.7.flag', 'phpmyadmin', 'sys', 'text_md', 'amyspiers_com_au', 'ib_logfile0', 'ibdata1', 'debian-5.5.flag', 'ib_buffer_pool']
ProcCmdline: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.4.0-58-generic root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root ro cgroup_enable=memory swapaccount=1 pcie_aspm=force i915.i915_enable_rc6=1 i915.i915_enable_fbc=1 i915.lvds_downclock=1 acpi_backlight=vendor
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.10ubuntu1
 apt 1.3.3
SourcePackage: mysql-5.7
Title: package mysql-server-5.7 5.7.16-0ubuntu0.16.10.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to yakkety on 2017-01-08 (0 days ago)
upstart.mysql.override: manual

[Joshua Powers (powersj)]

From log:

mysql_upgrade: Got error: 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2) while connecting to the MySQL server
Upgrade process encountered error and will not continue.
mysql_upgrade failed with exit status 11

[Joshua Powers (powersj)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better.

Since it seems likely to me that this is a local configuration problem, rather than a bug in Ubuntu, I'm marking this bug as 'Incomplete'. Are you sure mysql is even running? Or if it can even run in the first place?

If indeed this is a local configuration problem, you can find pointers to get help for this sort of problem here: http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community

Or if you believe that this is really a bug, then you may find it helpful to read "How to report bugs effectively" http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html. We'd be grateful if you would then provide a more complete description of the problem, explain why you believe this is a bug in Ubuntu rather than a problem specific to your system, and then change the bug status back to New.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for mysql-5.7 (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]