package mysql-server-5.7 5.7.22-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Corey Kress]

package broken, unable to use apt-get

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: mysql-server-5.7 5.7.22-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-121.145-generic 4.4.117
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-121-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.16
AptOrdering:
 mysql-server-5.7: Configure
 mysql-server: Configure
 NULL: ConfigurePending
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Apr 24 11:16:08 2018
DpkgTerminalLog:
 Setting up mysql-server-5.7 (5.7.22-0ubuntu0.16.04.1) ...
 dpkg: error processing package mysql-server-5.7 (--configure):
  subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
DuplicateSignature:
 package:mysql-server-5.7:5.7.22-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
 Setting up mysql-server-5.7 (5.7.22-0ubuntu0.16.04.1) ...
 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 2016-06-01 (691 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021)
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: ['virtuvia_controlpanel', 'debian-5.6.flag', 'auto.cnf', 'quickstart', 'performance_schema', 'mysql_upgrade_info', 'virtuvia_controlpanel_test', 'ib_logfile0', 'debian-5.7.flag', 'question_jar', 'sys', 'WhiteBoard', 'ibdata1', 'mysql', 'dev_dev_blog', 'virtuvia_app_test', 'virtuvia_app', 'ibtmp1', 'ib_logfile1', 'ib_buffer_pool']
ProcCmdline: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.4.0-121-generic.efi.signed root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.4
 apt 1.2.26
SourcePackage: mysql-5.7
Title: package mysql-server-5.7 5.7.22-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2017-09-07 (228 days ago)
modified.conffile..etc.mysql.mysql.cnf: [modified]
mtime.conffile..etc.mysql.mysql.cnf: 2018-01-23T11:00:06.692518

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Robie Basak (racb)]

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.]