I using ubuntu 14.04(64 bit).I started with these commands:
$sudo apt-get update
$sudo apt-get upgrade
Then I tried to install MySQL.Terminal outputs as follow:
chaitanya@chaitanya-SVE15135CNB:~$ sudo apt-get install mysql-server-5.5
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
mysql-server-5.5 : Depends: libdbi-perl but it is not installable
Depends: mysql-client-5.5 (>= 5.5.49-0ubuntu0.14.04.1) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: mysql-server-core-5.5 (>= 5.5.49-0ubuntu0.14.04.1) but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: libhtml-template-perl but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
chaitanya@chaitanya-SVE15135CNB:~$
My /etc/apt/sources.list file contains:
# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS _Trusty Tahr_ - Release amd64 (20140722.2)]/ trusty main restricted
# See
http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.
deb
http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty main restricted
deb-src
http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty main restricted
## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb
http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates main restricted
deb-src
http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates main restricted
## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb
http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty universe
deb-src
http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty universe
deb
http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates universe
deb-src
http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates universe
## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb
http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty multiverse
deb-src
http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty multiverse
deb
http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates multiverse
deb-src
http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates multiverse
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb
http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src
http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty-security main restricted
deb-src
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty-security main restricted
deb
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty-security universe
deb-src
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty-security universe
deb
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty-security multiverse
deb-src
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty-security multiverse
## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository.
## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
# deb
http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu trusty partner
# deb-src
http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu trusty partner
## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by third-party
## developers who want to ship their latest software.
deb
http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty main
deb-src
http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty main