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mysql-dfsg-5.1 package

package mysql-server-5.1 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/msql2mysql', which is also in package mysql-client 0:5.1.51-1.glibc23

Bug #673636 reported by Joseph Shields
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mysql-dfsg-5.1 (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

tried to install mysql server-5.1 via the Ubuntu software center, this error message was received near the end of the install.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: mysql-server-5.1 (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-25.45-generic 2.6.32.21+drm33.7
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-25-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Nov 10 12:24:49 2010
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/msql2mysql', which is also in package mysql-client 0:5.1.51-1.glibc23
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100816.1)
SourcePackage: mysql-dfsg-5.1
Title: package mysql-server-5.1 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/msql2mysql', which is also in package mysql-client 0:5.1.51-1.glibc23

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Joseph Shields (jshields186) wrote :
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Mathias Gug (mathiaz) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better.

According to the log file:

dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/mysql-client-core-5.1_5.1.41-3ubuntu12.6_i386.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/mysql', which is also in package mysql-client 0:5.1.51-1.glibc23

Where is the 0:5.1.51-1.glibc23 package version coming from?

Changed in mysql-dfsg-5.1 (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Incomplete
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Joseph Shields (jshields186) wrote :

the 0:5.1.51-1.glibc23 package must have been from the mysql client I had previously installed, I un-installed it and was able to complete the mysql server install without any further issues. I made it as far as setting up the root password before the error, and once mysql client was gone it finished quickly.

I'm guessing the strange order I did things was what caused the error. Hope this was helpful.

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Mathias Gug (mathiaz) wrote :

I'll mark this bug as invalid given that removing the upstream package
fixes the issue.

Changed in mysql-dfsg-5.1 (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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