package mysql-server-5.7 5.7.18-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Radu Dinca]

I cannot complete the mysql server install!

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: mysql-server-5.7 5.7.18-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-77.98-generic 4.4.59
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-77-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.5
AptOrdering:
 libmysqlclient-dev: Install
 mysql-server-5.7: Configure
 mysql-server: Configure
 libmysqlclient-dev: Configure
 NULL: ConfigurePending
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun May 14 08:33:31 2017
DuplicateSignature:
 package:mysql-server-5.7:5.7.18-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
 Setting up mysql-server-5.7 (5.7.18-0ubuntu0.16.04.1) ...
 dpkg: error processing package mysql-server-5.7 (--configure):
  subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-08-24 (262 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719)
KernLog:

Logs.var.log.daemon.log:

MySQLConf.etc.mysql.conf.d.mysql.cnf: [mysql]
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: ['sys', 'chat_app_test', 'ib_buffer_pool', 'ibdata1', 'chat_app_production', 'chat_app_development', 'ib_logfile1', 'ibtmp1', 'performance_schema', 'chat_development', 'debian-5.7.flag', 'wurfare_development', 'chat_production', 'wurfare_test', 'ib_logfile0', 'auto.cnf', 'mysql', 'mysql_upgrade_info', 'chat_test']
ProcCmdline: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-77-generic root=UUID=64ac890a-ddba-45af-9089-51b6f163fec0 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.2
 apt 1.2.20
SourcePackage: mysql-5.7
Title: package mysql-server-5.7 5.7.18-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Christian Ehrhardt  (paelzer)]

Hi Radu,

From the log:
2017-05-14T05:23:20.224070Z 0 [ERROR] InnoDB: Unable to lock ./ibdata1 error: 11
2017-05-14T05:23:20.224086Z 0 [Note] InnoDB: Check that you do not already have another mysqld process using the same InnoDB data or log files.
2017-05-14T05:23:20.224089Z 0 [Note] InnoDB: Retrying to lock the first data file

Is there anything running already in the paths the package would use.
An older manually installed .deb a third party mysql or anything like it?

[Christian Ehrhardt  (paelzer)]

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.

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.]