Can't start MySQL5.5 on Ubuntu 12.04 - “dpkg: dependency problems”

Question

This appears to be a common problem on 12.04. I\'ve tried everthing in this thread including:

sudo apt-get clean

sudo apt-get autoclean

sudo apt-get remove         


        

Answer 1

I had this problem many times. I can add an other piece of solution for this jigsaw...

WARNING: the following steps will delete your data! Do a backup first!

You have to:

rm -rf /var/lib/mysql rm -rf /etc/mysql

AND

Verify that, the interface "lo" is up and, the traffic is allowed on "lo" (iptables).

Hope that help someone else !