evramp:~# 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 0 not upgraded. 1 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 47.7kB of archives. After unpacking 86.0kB of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://security.debian.org etch/updates/main mysql-server 5.0.32-7etch5 [47.7kB] Fetched 47.7kB in 1s (29.2kB/s) Selecting previously deselected package mysql-server. (Reading database ... 21716 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking mysql-server (from .../mysql-server_5.0.32-7etch5_all.deb) ... Stopping MySQL database server: mysqld. Setting up mysql-server-5.0 (5.0.32-7etch5) ... 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: 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 E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)