$ sudo apt-get install mysql-server -y Reading package lists... Building dependency tree... Reading state information... The following extra packages will be installed: mysql-server-5.1 Suggested packages: tinyca mailx The following NEW packages will be installed: mysql-server mysql-server-5.1 Preconfiguring packages ... 0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/7,101kB of archives. After this operation, 15.1MB of additional disk space will be used. Selecting previously deselected package mysql-server-5.1. (Reading database ... 43535 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking mysql-server-5.1 (from .../mysql-server-5.1_5.1.41-3ubuntu12.6_i386.deb) ... egrep: /etc/mysql/: No such file or directory Selecting previously deselected package mysql-server. Unpacking mysql-server (from .../mysql-server_5.1.41-3ubuntu12.6_all.deb) ... Processing triggers for ureadahead ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Setting up mysql-server-5.1 (5.1.41-3ubuntu12.6) ... 100804 18:25:02 [Note] Plugin 'FEDERATED' is disabled. 100804 18:25:02 InnoDB: Started; log sequence number 0 44233 100804 18:25:03 [ERROR] /usr/sbin/mysqld: Can't find file: './mysql/user.frm' (errno: 13) ERROR: 1017 Can't find file: './mysql/user.frm' (errno: 13) 100804 18:25:03 [ERROR] Aborting 100804 18:25:03 InnoDB: Starting shutdown... 100804 18:25:04 InnoDB: Shutdown completed; log sequence number 0 44233 100804 18:25:04 [Note] /usr/sbin/mysqld: Shutdown complete start: Job failed to start Setting up mysql-server (5.1.41-3ubuntu12.6) ... Processing triggers for libc-bin ... ldconfig deferred processing now taking place $ sudo ls -la /var/lib/mysql/ total 20532 drwx------ 3 mysql mysql 4096 2010-08-04 18:25 . drwxr-xr-x 53 root root 4096 2010-08-04 18:24 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2010-08-04 18:24 debian-5.1.flag -rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 10485760 2010-08-04 18:25 ibdata1 -rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 5242880 2010-08-04 18:25 ib_logfile0 -rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 5242880 2010-08-04 18:24 ib_logfile1 drwx------ 2 mysql root 4096 2010-08-04 18:24 mysql