RESOLVIDO: Eu tive que mudar default-character-set = utf8 para character-set-server = utf8
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start: Job failed to start
invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing mysql-server-5.5 (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mysql-server:
mysql-server depends on mysql-server-5.5; however:
Package mysql-server-5.5 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing mysql-server (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
Errors were encountered while processing:
mysql-server-5.5
mysql-server
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Eu tenho tentado instalar isso por um tempo. Eu totalmente purgou o sistema de qualquer coisa mysql e tentei reinstalar várias vezes. Estou no meu juízo final. Tenho certeza que esqueci de postar algo que você precisa para resolver isso, por favor, pergunte e eu vou entregar.