Ubuntu
mysql-5.7 package

sudo apt-get install lamp-server^ ubuntu0.16.04.2_amd64.deb

Bug #1606648 reported by Juan Travezaño Mucha
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Bug Description

my system is 16.04.1 , apt-get is installing for 16.04.2

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The following NEW packages will be installed
  mysql-server-5.7
0 to upgrade, 1 to newly install, 0 to remove and 0 not to upgrade.
4 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/2.722 kB of archives.
After this operation, 48,4 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 377308 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../mysql-server-5.7_5.7.13-0ubuntu0.16.04.2_amd64.deb ...
Aborting downgrade from (at least) 10.0 to 5.7.
If are sure you want to downgrade to 5.7, remove the file
/var/lib/mysql/debian-*.flag and try installing again.
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/mysql-server-5.7_5.7.13-0ubuntu0.16.04.2_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/mysql-server-5.7_5.7.13-0ubuntu0.16.04.2_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: mysql-server-5.7 (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-31.50-generic 4.4.13
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-31-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Jul 26 12:32:44 2016
ErrorMessage: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-05-23 (64 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.1
 apt 1.2.12~ubuntu16.04.1
SourcePackage: mysql-5.7
Title: package mysql-server-5.7 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
mtime.conffile..etc.apparmor.d.usr.sbin.mysqld: 2016-06-08T11:01:27
mtime.conffile..etc.init.d.mysql: 2016-02-08T10:36:34
mtime.conffile..etc.logrotate.d.mysql-server: 2016-06-08T09:22:23
mtime.conffile..etc.mysql.debian-start: 2016-02-08T10:36:34

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Juan Travezaño Mucha (juanj67m) wrote :
Apport retracing service (apport)
tags: removed: need-duplicate-check
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Lars Tangvald (lars-tangvald) wrote :

The installation is aborting because it detects a MariaDB 10.0 installation in your /var/lib/mysql directory (the flag file).

Running MySQL 5.7 on a MariaDB database is not supported, so you will need to remove the MariaDB data before installing MySQL

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