Comment 5 for bug 589297

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Ben Stoltz (benstoltz) wrote : Re: package mysql-server-5.1 5.1.41-3ubuntu12.1 failed to install/upgrade: Le paquet est dans un état incohérent - vous devriez le réinstaller avant d'essayer de le supprimer.

I was able to complete installation eventually.

Reboot was required.
Package removals, re-installations, killall -9 stop,
total removal of /var/lib/mysql.
Sorry for the lack of detailed notes.

Problems seemed to happen more when re-installing when /var/lib/mysql was already present.