aptitude install mysql-server
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libdbd-mysql-perl{a} libmysqlclient16{a} mysql-client-5.5{a} mysql-common{a} mysql-server mysql-server-5.5{a}
  mysql-server-core-5.5{a}
0 packages upgraded, 7 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/24.6 MB of archives. After unpacking 83.8 MB will be used.
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Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package mysql-common.
(Reading database ... 29118 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking mysql-common (from .../mysql-common_5.5.18-1~dotdeb.1_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libmysqlclient16.
Unpacking libmysqlclient16 (from .../libmysqlclient16_5.1.58-1~dotdeb.1_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libdbd-mysql-perl.
Unpacking libdbd-mysql-perl (from .../libdbd-mysql-perl_4.016-1_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package mysql-client-5.5.
Unpacking mysql-client-5.5 (from .../mysql-client-5.5_5.5.18-1~dotdeb.1_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package mysql-server-core-5.5.
Unpacking mysql-server-core-5.5 (from .../mysql-server-core-5.5_5.5.18-1~dotdeb.1_i386.deb) ...
Setting up mysql-common (5.5.18-1~dotdeb.1) ...
Selecting previously deselected package mysql-server-5.5.
(Reading database ... 29298 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking mysql-server-5.5 (from .../mysql-server-5.5_5.5.18-1~dotdeb.1_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package mysql-server.
Unpacking mysql-server (from .../mysql-server_5.5.18-1~dotdeb.1_all.deb) ...
Setting up libmysqlclient16 (5.1.58-1~dotdeb.1) ...
Setting up libdbd-mysql-perl (4.016-1) ...
Setting up mysql-client-5.5 (5.5.18-1~dotdeb.1) ...
Setting up mysql-server-core-5.5 (5.5.18-1~dotdeb.1) ...
Setting up mysql-server-5.5 (5.5.18-1~dotdeb.1) ...
Stopping MySQL database server: mysqld.
/etc/init.d/mysql: WARNING: /etc/mysql/my.cnf cannot be read. See README.Debian.gz ... (warning).
Starting MySQL database server: mysqld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . failed!
invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing mysql-server-5.5 (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
configured to not write apport reports
                                      dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mysql-server:
 mysql-server depends on mysql-server-5.5; however:
  Package mysql-server-5.5 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing mysql-server (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
configured to not write apport reports
                                      Errors were encountered while processing:
 mysql-server-5.5
 mysql-server
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install.  Trying to recover:
Setting up mysql-server-5.5 (5.5.18-1~dotdeb.1) ...
Stopping MySQL database server: mysqld.
/etc/init.d/mysql: WARNING: /etc/mysql/my.cnf cannot be read. See README.Debian.gz ... (warning).
Starting MySQL database server: mysqld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . failed!
invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing mysql-server-5.5 (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mysql-server:
 mysql-server depends on mysql-server-5.5; however:
  Package mysql-server-5.5 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing mysql-server (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 mysql-server-5.5
 mysql-server