Can someone help me install MYSQL server pelase? This is bugging me
ugly way, but try it:
sudo bash
# at this point take backup of your /etc/mysql and /var/lib/mysql
apt-get remove --purge mysql-server mysql-server-5.0
# if above fails
rm -rf /etc/mysql
echo "exit 0" > /etc/init.d/mysql
# and again
apt-get remove --purge mysql-server mysql-server-5.0
# and try from scratch:
apt-get install mysql-server-5.0
I solved it. I had to remove mysql-common as well as mysql-server and mysql-server-5.0
Then, I reinstalled it all.