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I usually check both update and upgrade with apt-get. But a few weeks ago I noticed there where alot of stuff that was held back (?). So I after a few days I wanted to see if I could install them manualy. So I started with apt since that was first in line.
After the install my Mysql server will not start. All I get is "...failed".
So now Im loooost and new a little help for you ppl! Any suggestions on where to start?
Deiban is going through a major gcc upgrade at the moment which means that things are very unstable. Also xorg is now the sxerver instead of xfree86.
These things to build up before a release, and now Sarge is out all the major reworking and upgrades can begin. It will probably settle down in a few days. ( may take longer C++ ABI upgrades are difficult ).
Yes you can, you can specify the old version of MySQL ( and/or apt ), or wait to a new version is ready to go upgrade. The APT HOWTO has the details about doing this sort of stuff.
I started to read the how-to (tnx btw!) and got some ideas. This is the result:
Code:
kanon:/# apt-get upgrade
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
apache apache-common base-config console-common console-tools cupsys cupsys-bsd cupsys-client debi
lynx mc mount php4 php4-mysql proftpd proftpd-common samba samba-common shellutils sysvinit taskse
The following packages will be upgraded:
mysql-server
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 35 not upgraded.
2 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 3645kB of archives.
After unpacking 1241kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
Get:1 ftp://ftp.no.debian.org stable/main mysql-server 4.0.24-10 [3645kB]
Fetched 3645kB in 50s (72.9kB/s)
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 11788 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace mysql-server 3.23.49-8.13 (using .../mysql-server_4.0.24-10_i386.deb) ...
Stopping MySQL database server: mysqld.
ERROR: There's not enough space in /var/lib/mysql/
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/mysql-server_4.0.24-10_i386.deb (--unpack):
subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Stopping MySQL database server: mysqld.
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/mysql-server_4.0.24-10_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
kanon:/#
There is enough space, I just copied over a 1Gb file to the /var/lib/mysql dir with 0 problems. Deleted the file right after.
Originally posted by leonscape Yes you can, you can specify the old version of MySQL ( and/or apt ), or wait to a new version is ready to go upgrade. The APT HOWTO has the details about doing this sort of stuff.
The apt-how-to is great! I allways wanted to know how to find apps with apt!
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