MySQL 5.5 not starting on Ubuntu 12.04

After an update was interupted by a hardware failure, I attempted several goes at removing and reinstalling MySQL on Ubuntu 12.04 The following occurred several times: $ sudo service mysql start Errors were encountered while processing: mysql-server-5.5 mysql-server E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) I consulted this: http://askubuntu.com/questions/125686/mysql-fails-to-start-after-upgrade-installation-etc However in the logfile output, […]