package mysql-server-5.7 5.7.19-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Scott Paulson]

I was out of hte office for a week, with the system running. When I came home, this was on the screen.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: mysql-server-5.7 5.7.19-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-83.106-generic 4.4.70
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-83-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Aug 1 09:55:27 2017
DpkgHistoryLog:
 Start-Date: 2017-08-01 09:54:39
 Commandline: /usr/bin/unattended-upgrade
 Upgrade: openjdk-8-jdk:amd64 (8u131-b11-2ubuntu1.16.04.2, 8u131-b11-2ubuntu1.16.04.3), openjdk-8-jre:amd64 (8u131-b11-2ubuntu1.16.04.2, 8u131-b11-2ubuntu1.16.04.3), imagemagick:amd64 (8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.8, 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.9), libmagickwand-6.q16-2:amd64 (8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.8, 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.9), openjdk-8-jdk-headless:amd64 (8u131-b11-2ubuntu1.16.04.2, 8u131-b11-2ubuntu1.16.04.3), imagemagick-6.q16:amd64 (8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.8, 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.9), libmagickcore-6.q16-2-extra:amd64 (8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.8, 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.9), libmagickcore-6.q16-2:amd64 (8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.8, 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.9), openjdk-8-jre-headless:amd64 (8u131-b11-2ubuntu1.16.04.2, 8u131-b11-2ubuntu1.16.04.3), imagemagick-common:amd64 (8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.8, 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.9)
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-05-21 (439 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
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_logfile0', 'debian-5.7.flag', 'ib_buffer_pool', 'performance_schema', 'ibdata1', 'ib_logfile1', 'sys', 'auto.cnf', 'mysql']
ProcCmdline: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.4.0-83-generic root=UUID=72915af1-c984-46d8-a7c5-5b738beb47a2 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 5.7.19-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
modified.conffile..etc.mysql.mysql.cnf: [modified]
mtime.conffile..etc.mysql.mysql.cnf: 2017-07-17T23:46:27.703581

[Joshua Powers (powersj)]

From log:

2017-08-03T13:50:09.972092Z 0 [ERROR] Can't start server: Bind on TCP/IP port: Cannot assign requested address
2017-08-03T13:50:09.972096Z 0 [ERROR] Do you already have another mysqld server running on port: 9090 ?
2017-08-03T13:50:09.972638Z 0 [ERROR] Aborting

[Joshua Powers (powersj)]

Hi, thanks for taking the time to file the bug.

It looks like from the error message that the server was unable to start on port 9090. Do you have something already running on that port? Maybe another service?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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