alex@alex-ubuntu:~$ sudo aptitude remove mysql
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Setting up mysql-server-5.0 (5.0.22-0ubuntu6.06) ...
Stopping MySQL database server: mysqld.
/etc/init.d/mysql[6453]: WARNING: /etc/mysql/my.cnf cannot be read. See README.D ebian.gz
Starting MySQL database server: mysqld.
/etc/init.d/mysql: line 100: /etc/mysql/debian-start: No such file or directory
invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing mysql-server-5.0 (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 mysql-server-5.0
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install.  Trying to recover:
Setting up mysql-server-5.0 (5.0.22-0ubuntu6.06) ...
Stopping MySQL database server: mysqld.
/etc/init.d/mysql[6681]: WARNING: /etc/mysql/my.cnf cannot be read. See README.Debian.gz
Starting MySQL database server: mysqld.
/etc/init.d/mysql: line 100: /etc/mysql/debian-start: No such file or directory
invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing mysql-server-5.0 (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 mysql-server-5.0
alex@alex-ubuntu:~$