package mysql-server-5.7 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: installed mysql-server-5.7 package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 127

[Youhanna Sabry]

every thing related to mariadb and mysql packages fail and doesn't seem to work

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: mysql-server-5.7 (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-22.24-generic 4.15.17
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-22-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed May 23 00:54:35 2018
ErrorMessage: installed mysql-server-5.7 package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 127
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-02-04 (107 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170801)
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.6, Python 3.6.5, python3-minimal, 3.6.5-3
PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.15rc1, python-minimal, 2.7.15~rc1-1
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.19.0.5ubuntu2
 apt 1.6.1
SourcePackage: mysql-5.7
Title: package mysql-server-5.7 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: installed mysql-server-5.7 package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 127
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-05-21 (1 days ago)
mtime.conffile..etc.apparmor.d.usr.sbin.mysqld: 2018-05-23T02:46:15.862507
mtime.conffile..etc.init.d.mysql: 2017-11-23T09:03:47
mtime.conffile..etc.logrotate.d.mysql-server: 2017-11-23T09:03:47
mtime.conffile..etc.mysql.debian-start: 2017-11-23T09:03:47

[Christian Ehrhardt  (paelzer)]

Hi,
first I tried to recreate your issue, but it works fine for me.

Then I looked at /usr/share/mysql-common/configure-symlinks as in your log there is:
Setting up mysql-server-5.7 (5.7.22-0ubuntu18.04.1) ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/mysql-server-5.7.postinst: line 191: /usr/share/mysql-common/configure-symlinks: No such file or directory

This file is in mysql-common and should be there if not removed by a script or accident.
Could you check if /usr/share/mysql-common/configure-symlinks exists.

Check the integrity of mysql-common, if it is missing this or also other files.
$ dpkg --verify mysql-common

I'd assume you need to re-install mysql-common and better find what exactly deleted the file.
If it is there, then I wonder why the postinst stumbled over missing 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.]