root@fuzzyhosting:/etc/init.d# apt-get install -f Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 308 not upgraded. root@fuzzyhosting:/etc/init.d# apt-get install mysql-server Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following extra packages will be installed: libaio1 libhtml-template-perl mysql-server-5.5 mysql-server-core-5.5 Suggested packages: libipc-sharedcache-perl tinyca The following NEW packages will be installed: libaio1 libhtml-template-perl mysql-server mysql-server-5.5 mysql-server-core-5.5 0 upgraded, 5 newly installed, 0 to remove and 308 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B/5850 kB of archives. After this operation, 50.3 MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y Preconfiguring packages ... Selecting previously deselected package libaio1. (Reading database ... 43250 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking libaio1 (from .../libaio1_0.3.109-4_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package mysql-server-core-5.5. Unpacking mysql-server-core-5.5 (from .../mysql-server-core-5.5_5.5.31+dfsg-1_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package mysql-server-5.5. Unpacking mysql-server-5.5 (from .../mysql-server-5.5_5.5.31+dfsg-1_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package libhtml-template-perl. Unpacking libhtml-template-perl (from .../libhtml-template-perl_2.91-1_all.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package mysql-server. Unpacking mysql-server (from .../mysql-server_5.5.31+dfsg-1_all.deb) ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Setting up libaio1 (0.3.109-4) ... Setting up mysql-server-core-5.5 (5.5.31+dfsg-1) ... Setting up mysql-server-5.5 (5.5.31+dfsg-1) ... [ ok ] Stopping MySQL database server: mysqld. [FAIL] 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 Setting up libhtml-template-perl (2.91-1) ... 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 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) root@fuzzyhosting:/etc/init.d#