package mysql-server-8.0 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: installed mysql-server-8.0 package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 2

Thank you for taking the time to file a bug report.

I have reviewed your log files attached to this bug and it looks like you have purged a bunch of packages, likely leaving a mysql-server dependent package in a bad configuration state for some reason. Could you please describe a way to reproduce the issue you are seeing, possibly giving a step by step approach on how to reproduce the error ?

Since there is not enough information in your report to begin triage or to
differentiate between a local configuration problem and a bug in Ubuntu, I
am marking this bug as "Incomplete". We would be grateful if you would:
provide a more complete description of the problem, explain why you
believe this is a bug in Ubuntu rather than a problem specific to your
system, and then change the bug status back to "New".

For local configuration issues, you can find assistance here:
http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community

Hi Rafael,

I think you should just close this bug down. As you say it was mostly my
fault for messing around with some of the installed packages, I was trying
to install MySQL 5.7 previously.

Was simple to resolve, just removed mysql-server-8.0, 'apt autoremove' and
re-installed. Worked fine the second time.

The curse of auto-report :-) I thought it was a one click report for
statistics, not a full blown bug report, I will click with caution next
time.

Simon.

On Sun, 19 Jul 2020 at 02:10, Rafael David Tinoco <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> Thank you for taking the time to file a bug report.
>
> I have reviewed your log files attached to this bug and it looks like
> you have purged a bunch of packages, likely leaving a mysql-server
> dependent package in a bad configuration state for some reason. Could
> you please describe a way to reproduce the issue you are seeing,
> possibly giving a step by step approach on how to reproduce the error ?
>
> Since there is not enough information in your report to begin triage or to
> differentiate between a local configuration problem and a bug in Ubuntu, I
> am marking this bug as "Incomplete". We would be grateful if you would:
> provide a more complete description of the problem, explain why you
> believe this is a bug in Ubuntu rather than a problem specific to your
> system, and then change the bug status back to "New".
>
> For local configuration issues, you can find assistance here:
> http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community
>
> ** Also affects: mysql-8.0 (Ubuntu Focal)
> Importance: Undecided
> Status: New
>
> ** Changed in: mysql-8.0 (Ubuntu Focal)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
> ** Changed in: mysql-8.0 (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
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> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1887513
>
> Title:
> package mysql-server-8.0 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade:
> installed mysql-server-8.0 package post-installation script subprocess
> returned error exit status 2
>
> Status in mysql-8.0 package in Ubuntu:
> Incomplete
> Status in mysql-8.0 source package in Focal:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> MySQL Server 8.0 failed to install correctly.
>
> ProblemType: Package
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
> Package: mysql-server-8.0 (not installed)
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-40.44-generic 5.4.44
> Uname: Linux 5.4.0-40-generic x86_64
> NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
> ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.3
> Architecture: amd64
> CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
> Date: Tue Jul 14 12:08:57 2020
> DuplicateSignature:
> package:mysql-server-8.0:(not installed)
> Setting up mysql-server-8.0 (8.0.20-0ubuntu0.20.04.1) ...
> update-alternatives: error: alternative path /etc/mysql/mysql.cnf
> doesn't exist
> dpkg: error processing package mysql-server-8.0 (--configure):
> installed mysql-server-8.0 package post-installation script subprocess
> returned error exit status 2
> ErrorMessage: installed mysql-server-8.0 package post-installation
> script subprocess returned error exit status 2
> InstallationDate: Installed o...