Install failed due to server restart unable to bind port 3306 (already in use)

[Kais El Arfaoui]

Errors were encountered while processing:
 mysql-server-5.7
 mysql-server
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04
Package: mysql-server-5.7 5.7.19-0ubuntu0.17.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-28.32-generic 4.10.17
Uname: Linux 4.10.0-28-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu4.5
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Jul 28 21:39:45 2017
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-07-28 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Release amd64 (20161012.2)
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: ['ib_logfile1', 'ib_logfile0', 'mysql', 'debian-5.7.flag', 'ib_buffer_pool', 'auto.cnf', 'sys', 'ibdata1', 'performance_schema']
ProcCmdline: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.10.0-28-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=a69a3b2a-db91-4b84-918e-48f5b46fa652 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.10ubuntu2
 apt 1.4
SourcePackage: mysql-5.7
Title: package mysql-server-5.7 5.7.19-0ubuntu0.17.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to zesty on 2017-07-28 (0 days ago)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Christian Ehrhardt  (paelzer)]

Hi Kais,
From your log:
  [ERROR] Can't start server: Bind on TCP/IP port: Address already in use

That means you have another service on that port running.
You should check what that is and stop/reconfigure that service.

Most often that is e.g. a manual install of mysql in another versions or something like that.

[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 - e.g. because the blocking port is actually from the package upgrading at the moment then please re-set to new. To provide more details 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.]