Can't install MariaDB 5.5 or 10 in Ubuntu 12.04. MYSQLD Failed to start?
I tried o install MariaDB on my Ubuntu 12.04 server. First it gave dependency issues and I fixed it by following this question : https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16214517/installing-mariadb-unmet-dependencies-mariadb-server-5-5
But when installing mariadb-server, it fails to start the mysqld. Here is the apt log :
root@sinha:/etc/apt# sudo apt-get install mariadb-server
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
libdbd-mysql-perl libmariadbclient18 libmysqlclient18 mariadb-client-10.0 mariadb-client-core-10.0 mariadb-common mariadb-server-10.0 mariadb-server-core-10.0 mysql-common
Suggested packages:
tinyca mailx mariadb-test
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libdbd-mysql-perl libmariadbclient18 mariadb-client-10.0 mariadb-client-core-10.0 mariadb-common mariadb-server mariadb-server-10.0 mariadb-server-core-10.0
The following packages will be upgraded:
libmysqlclient18 mysql-common
2 upgraded, 8 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 30.8 MB of archives.
After this operation, 105 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
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Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 119368 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace mysql-common 5.5.31-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 (using .../mysql-common_10.0.1-mariadb1~precise_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement mysql-common ...
Selecting previously unselected package mariadb-common.
Unpacking mariadb-common (from .../mariadb-common_10.0.1-mariadb1~precise_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously unselected package libmariadbclient18.
Unpacking libmariadbclient18 (from .../libmariadbclient18_10.0.1-mariadb1~precise_amd64.deb) ...
Preparing to replace libmysqlclient18 5.5.31-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 (using .../libmysqlclient18_10.0.1-mariadb1~precise_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libmysqlclient18 ...
Selecting previously unselected package libdbd-mysql-perl.
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Selecting previously unselected package mariadb-client-core-10.0.
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Selecting previously unselected package mariadb-client-10.0.
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Selecting previously unselected package mariadb-server-core-10.0.
Unpacking mariadb-server-core-10.0 (from .../mariadb-server-core-10.0_10.0.1-mariadb1~precise_amd64.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up mysql-common (10.0.1-mariadb1~precise) ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/mysql/my.cnf ...
Setting up mariadb-common (10.0.1-mariadb1~precise) ...
Selecting previously unselected package mariadb-server-10.0.
(Reading database ... 119534 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking mariadb-server-10.0 (from .../mariadb-server-10.0_10.0.1-mariadb1~precise_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously unselected package mariadb-server.
Unpacking mariadb-server (from .../mariadb-server_10.0.1-mariadb1~precise_all.deb) ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead ...
ureadahead will be reprofiled on next reboot
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up libmysqlclient18 (10.0.1-mariadb1~precise) ...
Setting up libdbd-mysql-perl (4.020-1build2) ...
Setting up libmariadbclient18 (10.0.1-mariadb1~precise) ...
Setting up mariadb-client-core-10.0 (10.0.1-mariadb1~precise) ...
Setting up mariadb-client-10.0 (10.0.1-mariadb1~precise) ...
Setting up mariadb-server-core-10.0 (10.0.1-mariadb1~precise) ...
Setting up mariadb-server-10.0 (10.0.1-mariadb1~precise) ...
* Stopping MariaDB database server mysqld [ OK ]
130427 13:43:14 [Note] Plugin 'InnoDB' is disabled.
130427 13:43:14 [Note] Plugin 'FEEDBACK' is disabled.
* Starting MariaDB database server mysqld [fail]
invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing mariadb-server-10.0 (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mariadb-server:
mariadb-server depends on mariadb-server-10.0; however:
Package mariadb-server-10.0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing mariadb-server (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
Errors were encountered while processing:
mariadb-server-10.0
mariadb-server
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Tried re installing mariadb-server, purged everything... removed mysql packages, installed mariadb-server-5.5... Nothing works.
This worked for me:
sudo apt-get purge mysql* mariadb*
Just fixed the problem by purging mysql* and mariadb*. Then removing all the traces of mysql by searching :
find / -name mysql*
There were some leftovers in lib. After removing them, rebooted the server and installed mariadb again! It worked.
I had the same issue when attempting to install MariaDB 10 in Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS, and neither of the other solutions worked for me. The root cause turned out to be a lack of memory (I had a VPS with 512MB).
I found this out by looking in /var/log/syslog after attempting to install MariaDB, and I saw this:
mysqld_safe[29684]: InnoDB: mmap(274726912 bytes) failed; errno 12
mysqld_safe[29684]: 140420 17:11:03 [ERROR] InnoDB: Cannot allocate memory for the buffer pool
mysqld_safe[29684]: 140420 17:11:03 [ERROR] Plugin 'InnoDB' init function returned error.
mysqld_safe[29684]: 140420 17:11:03 [ERROR] Plugin 'InnoDB' registration as a STORAGE ENGINE failed.
mysqld_safe[29684]: 140420 17:11:03 [Note] Plugin 'FEEDBACK' is disabled.
mysqld_safe[29684]: 140420 17:11:03 [Warning] Failed to load slave replication state from table mysql.gtid_slave_pos: 1146: Table 'mysql.gtid_slave_pos' doesn't exist
mysqld_safe[29684]: ERROR: 1146 Table 'mysql.user' doesn't exist
mysqld_safe[29684]: 140420 17:11:03 [ERROR] Aborting
mysqld_safe[29684]:
mysqld_safe[29684]: 140420 17:11:03 [Note] /usr/sbin/mysqld: Shutdown complete
Note: I've removed the date/time and my hostname from the beginning of each log line.
I then created a swap file (256MB was enough) and ran:
sudo aptitude install -f
Which finished the install.
I don't know if every instance of this error could be fixed in the same way, but given EAPubs' answer involved rebooting the server, I wonder if that was the real fix: freeing up memory by rebooting.
I've just solved this problem. The root of all that mess was in this message : "invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "start" failed."
Here are the steps :
sudo apt-get purge mysql* mariadb*
sudo apt-get autoremove
Some install packages were "stuck" :
sudo rm /var/cache/apt/archives/mariadb*
These symbolic links were pointing to missing files
sudo rm /etc/systemd/system/mysqld.service
sudo rm /etc/systemd/system/mysql.service
Finally, this worked :
sudo apt-get install mariadb-server