[Bug 484426] [NEW] package mysql-server-5.1 5.1.37-1ubuntu5 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127

[Mathias Gug]

On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 08:41:43PM -0000, Nancy Poekert wrote:
> Public bug reported:
> 
> This failed to update because I stupidly deleted the folder
> /etc/init.d/mysql.  Now apt-get remove, purge and install all fail
> because the files are not there.  I wanted to purge mysql-server and
> reinstall it from scratch.  Now I really can't do anything because I
> don't have the files that I deleted.
>

Could you try to create /etc/init.d/mysql and then purge?
 
  status incomplete
  importance low

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Mathias Gug
Ubuntu Developer  http://www.ubuntu.com

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package mysql-server-5.1 5.1.37-1ubuntu5 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127
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