Eu segui todos esses links:
Erro de instalação do E: Mysql-server-5.5
Problema de instalação do MySql em dual boot ubuntu 14.04
link
mas continuo recebendo o seguinte erro ao instalar o mysql em uma nova instalação do Ubuntu 14.04
start: Job failed to start
invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing package 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 package mysql-server (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
mysql-server-5.5
mysql-server
saída de apt-cache policy :
Package files:
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Pinned packages:
saída de apt-cache policy mysql-server-5.5
mysql-server-5.5:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 5.5.50-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
Version table:
5.5.50-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 0
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5.5.35+dfsg-1ubuntu1 0
500 http://be.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages
saída de apt-cache policy mysql-server :
mysql-server:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 5.5.50-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
Version table:
5.5.50-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 0
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Tente usar os comandos abaixo:
sudo apt-get purge mysql-client-core-5.6
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get autoclean
sudo apt-get install mysql-client-core-5.5
sudo apt-get install mysql-server
Para uma solução mais detalhada, veja esta questão