I tried to install mysql on ubuntu 18.04 using:

$ sudo apt install mysql-server

I got the message:

dpkg: error processing package mysql-server (dependency problems)

I followed the steps at:

dpkg: error processing

I did:

sudo apt-get purge mysql*
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get autoclean
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Now I am getting the message:

Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.130ubuntu3.13) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.15.0-167-generic
Errors were encountered while processing:
 mysql-server-5.7
 mysql-server
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Somebody please guide me.

==Updated Feb 12 2022

$ sudo apt --fix-broken install

> Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree        Reading
> state information... Done The following packages were automatically
> installed and are no longer required:   cuda-command-line-tools-10-1
> cuda-command-line-tools-11-2 cuda-compiler-10-1   cuda-compiler-11-2
> cuda-cudart-10-1 cuda-cudart-11-2 cuda-cudart-dev-10-1  
> cuda-cudart-dev-11-2 cuda-cufft-10-1 cuda-cufft-dev-10-1
> cuda-cuobjdump-10-1   cuda-cuobjdump-11-2 cuda-cupti-10-1
> cuda-cupti-11-2 cuda-cupti-dev-11-2   cuda-curand-10-1
> cuda-curand-dev-10-1 cuda-cusolver-10-1   cuda-cusolver-dev-10-1
> cuda-cusparse-10-1 cuda-cusparse-dev-10-1   cuda-cuxxfilt-11-2
> cuda-documentation-10-1 cuda-documentation-11-2   cuda-driver-dev-10-1
> cuda-driver-dev-11-2 cuda-drivers-460 cuda-gdb-10-1   cuda-gdb-11-2
> cuda-gpu-library-advisor-10-1 cuda-libraries-10-1  
> cuda-libraries-11-2 cuda-libraries-dev-10-1 cuda-libraries-dev-11-2  
> cuda-license-10-1 cuda-memcheck-10-1 cuda-memcheck-11-2  
> cuda-misc-headers-10-1 cuda-npp-10-1 cuda-npp-dev-10-1
> cuda-nsight-10-1   cuda-nsight-11-2 cuda-nsight-compute-10-1
> cuda-nsight-compute-11-2   cuda-nsight-systems-10-1
> cuda-nsight-systems-11-2 cuda-nvcc-10-1   cuda-nvcc-11-2
> cuda-nvdisasm-10-1 cuda-nvdisasm-11-2 cuda-nvgraph-10-1  
> cuda-nvgraph-dev-10-1 cuda-nvjpeg-10-1 cuda-nvjpeg-dev-10-1  
> cuda-nvml-dev-10-1 cuda-nvml-dev-11-2 cuda-nvprof-10-1
> cuda-nvprof-11-2   cuda-nvprune-10-1 cuda-nvprune-11-2 cuda-nvrtc-10-1
> cuda-nvrtc-11-2   cuda-nvrtc-dev-10-1 cuda-nvrtc-dev-11-2
> cuda-nvtx-10-1 cuda-nvtx-11-2   cuda-nvvp-10-1 cuda-nvvp-11-2
> cuda-samples-10-1 cuda-samples-11-2   cuda-sanitizer-11-2
> cuda-sanitizer-api-10-1 cuda-toolkit-10-1   cuda-toolkit-11-2
> cuda-tools-10-1 cuda-tools-11-2 cuda-visual-tools-10-1  
> cuda-visual-tools-11-2 freeglut3 freeglut3-dev libcublas-11-2
> libcublas-dev   libcublas-dev-11-2 libcublas10 libcufft-11-2
> libcufft-dev-11-2   libcurand-11-2 libcurand-dev-11-2 libcusolver-11-2
> libcusolver-dev-11-2   libcusparse-11-2 libcusparse-dev-11-2
> libnpp-11-2 libnpp-dev-11-2   libnvidia-cfg1-460 libnvidia-common-460
> libnvidia-compute-460   libnvidia-decode-460 libnvidia-encode-460
> libnvidia-extra-460   libnvidia-fbc1-460 libnvidia-gl-460
> libnvidia-ifr1-460 libnvjpeg-11-2   libnvjpeg-dev-11-2
> libqt5positioning5 libqt5sensors5 libqt5webchannel5   libqt5webkit5
> libxi-dev libxmu-dev libxmu-headers linux-headers-4.15.0-143  
> linux-headers-4.15.0-143-generic linux-modules-4.15.0-143-generic  
> nsight-compute-2020.3.0 nsight-compute-2020.3.1
> nsight-compute-2022.1.0   nsight-systems-2020.4.3
> nsight-systems-2021.5.2 nvidia-compute-utils-460   nvidia-dkms-460
> nvidia-kernel-common-460 nvidia-kernel-source-460   nvidia-modprobe
> nvidia-utils-460 qml-module-qtgraphicaleffects  
> qml-module-qtquick-controls qml-module-qtquick-dialogs  
> qml-module-qtquick-layouts qml-module-qtquick-privatewidgets  
> qml-module-qtquick-window2 qml-module-qtquick2 shim  
> xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-460 Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove
> them. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 2
> not fully installed or removed. After this operation, 0 B of
> additional disk space will be used. Setting up mysql-server-5.7
> (5.7.37-0ubuntu0.18.04.1) ...
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/mysql-server-5.7.postinst: line 206:
> /usr/share/mysql-common/configure-symlinks: No such file or directory
> dpkg: error processing package mysql-server-5.7 (--configure): 
> installed mysql-server-5.7 package post-installation script subprocess
> returned error exit status 127 No apport report written because the
> error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
>                           dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mysql-server:  mysql-server depends on
> mysql-server-5.7; however:   Package mysql-server-5.7 is not
> configured yet.
> 
> dpkg: error processing package mysql-server (--configure):  dependency
> problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while
> processing:  mysql-server-5.7  mysql-server E: Sub-process
> /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) zulfi@lc2530hz:~$

==Error messages:

Hi,

I tried:

$ sudo apt dist-upgrade

I got the following message:

> Setting up mysql-server-5.7 (5.7.37-0ubuntu0.18.04.1) ...
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/mysql-server-5.7.postinst: line 206:
> /usr/share/mysql-common/configure-symlinks: No such file or directory
> dpkg: error processing package mysql-server-5.7 (--configure): 
> installed mysql-server-5.7 package post-installation script subprocess
> returned error exit status 127 dpkg: dependency problems prevent
> configuration of mysql-server:  mysql-server depends on
> mysql-server-5.7; however:   Package mysql-server-5.7 is not
> configured yet.
> 
> dpkg: error processing package mysql-server (--configure):  dependency
> problems - leaving unconfigured No apport report written because the
> error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
>                                                                                                           Errors were encountered while processing:  mysql-server-5.7 
> mysql-server E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Then I tried:

$ sudo apt install mysql-server-5.7

> Setting up mysql-server-5.7 (5.7.37-0ubuntu0.18.04.1) ...
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/mysql-server-5.7.postinst: line 206:
> /usr/share/mysql-common/configure-symlinks: No such file or directory
> dpkg: error processing package mysql-server-5.7 (--configure): 
> installed mysql-server-5.7 package post-installation script subprocess
> returned error exit status 127 dpkg: dependency problems prevent
> configuration of mysql-server:  mysql-server depends on
> mysql-server-5.7; however:   Package mysql-server-5.7 is not
> configured yet.
> 
> dpkg: error processing package mysql-server (--configure):  dependency
> problems - leaving unconfigured No apport report written because the
> error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
>                                                                                                           Errors were encountered while processing:  mysql-server-5.7 
> mysql-server E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Please guide me.

~$ lsb_release -d

Description: Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS

$ sudo apt update

[sudo] password for zulfi: Ign:1 http://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/ubuntu1804/x86_64 InRelease Hit:2 https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Hit:3 https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian stable InRelease
Ign:4 http://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/machine-learning/repos/ubuntu1804/x86_64 InRelease
Get:5 https://download.docker.com/linux/debian buster InRelease [54.0 kB]
Hit:6 http://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/ubuntu1804/x86_64 Release
Hit:7 http://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/machine-learning/repos/ubuntu1804/x86_64 Release
Hit:8 https://linux.teamviewer.com/deb stable InRelease
Get:9 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease [88.7 kB]
Hit:10 http://ppa.launchpad.net/deadsnakes/ppa/ubuntu bionic InRelease Hit:12 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Get:13 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates InRelease [88.7 kB]
Hit:15 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ethereum/ethereum/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Get:16 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports InRelease [74.6 kB]
Get:17 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [55.3 kB]
Hit:18 http://ppa.launchpad.net/graphics-drivers/ppa/ubuntu bionic InRelease Get:19 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [59.4 kB]
Get:20 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [296 kB]
Get:21 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/multiverse amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [2,460 B]
Hit:22 http://ppa.launchpad.net/maarten-baert/simplescreenrecorder/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Get:23 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [301 kB]
Get:24 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/multiverse amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [2,464 B]
Get:25 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [9,268 B] Hit:26 http://ppa.launchpad.net/wireshark-dev/stable/ubuntu bionic InRelease Ign:27 http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian 18.04 InRelease Err:28 http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian 18.04 Release 404 Not Found [IP: 173.222.52.87 80] Reading package lists... Done E: The repository 'http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian 18.04 Release' does not have a Release file. N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default. N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details. @lc2530hz:~$