# apt-get install mysql-server Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: mysql-server 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 140 not upgraded. 2 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0B/46.5kB of archives. After unpacking 81.9kB of additional disk space will be used. Selecting previously deselected package mysql-server. (Reading database ... 31430 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking mysql-server (from .../mysql-server_5.0.32-7_all.deb) ... Stopping MySQL database server: mysqld. Setting up mysql-server-5.0 (5.0.32-7) ... Stopping MySQL database server: mysqld. /var/lib/dpkg/info/mysql-server-5.0.postinst: line 143: /etc/mysql/conf.d/old_passwords.cnf: No such file or directory dpkg: error processing mysql-server-5.0 (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mysql-server-4.1: mysql-server-4.1 depends on mysql-server-5.0; however: Package mysql-server-5.0 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing mysql-server-4.1 (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mysql-server: mysql-server depends on mysql-server-5.0; however: Package mysql-server-5.0 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing mysql-server (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: mysql-server-5.0 mysql-server-4.1 mysql-server E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)