[02:30] <ShawnR> ok guys, i've tried figuring this out on and off for a while now and just can't get anywhere
[02:30] <ShawnR> whenever i try to apt-get anything: mysql-server-5.5 : Depends: mysql-server-core-5.5 (= 5.5.37-0ubuntu0.12.04.1) but 5.5.40-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 is to be installed
[02:31] <ShawnR> apt-get -f install does not fix... i just need to be pointed in the right direction and hopefully can take it from there
[02:31] <ShawnR> i just have no where to turn
[02:35] <ShawnR> oh, and it is running 12.04
[03:22] <mhall119> ShawnR: do you need 5.5 specifically?
[03:22] <ShawnR> mhall119: not that i know of
[03:22] <ShawnR> i have a few things that use mysql, so i don't want to just remove it
[03:22] <mhall119> have you tried just installing the mysql-server package?
[03:22] <ShawnR> not sure how this newer version came about or whatever, though
[03:23] <ShawnR> yeah, it fails
[03:23] <mhall119> same error?
[03:23] <ShawnR> yeah
[03:23] <ShawnR> hold on, i'll run again to verify
[03:23] <ShawnR> yup, same error
[03:24] <mhall119> run apt-cache show mysql-server-5.5 and pastebin the output
[03:26] <ShawnR> http://pastebin.com/FgxtMb4q
[03:31] <ShawnR> mhall119: tell me it isn't a lost cause... I need to rebuild my machine eventually, but I'd REALLY REALLY like to get my bash updated (and install some other things)
[03:31] <mhall119> ShawnR: should be recoverable
[03:31] <ShawnR> i figured that... just hope it is something that isn't TOO horrible to recover from
[03:31] <mhall119> did you already have mysql server installed on this box?
[03:32] <ShawnR> with my job an my wife being sick, i have almost no time, so i really can't sit back and reinstall everything like i really want to
[03:32] <ShawnR> yeah
[03:32] <ShawnR> it has been on there for ages
[03:32] <ShawnR>  this server started out as 10.04 i think was the last clean install i did
[03:32] <ShawnR> now it is 12.04
[03:33] <ShawnR> i used to run a phpnuke site on it WAY back in the day
[03:33] <ShawnR> i can't even remember what I got DBs for now in mysql
[03:33] <mhall119> it seems a difference in version numbers, you have multiple available to install
[03:35] <mhall119> try this (/me is guessing at commandline syntax): apt-get install --upgrade mysql-server-5.5=5.5.40-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
[03:37] <ShawnR> You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
[03:37] <ShawnR> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
[03:37] <ShawnR>  mysql-server-5.5 : Breaks: mysql-server (< 5.5.40-0ubuntu0.12.04.1)
[03:37] <ShawnR> E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
[03:38] <mhall119> can you apt-get remove mysql-server-5.5 and then apt-get install mysql-server-5.5, or will that cause an outage in a service you have to keep live?
[03:38] <ShawnR> won't cause an outage
[03:38] <ShawnR> i was just afraid of losing anything currently setup
[03:38] <mhall119> if you don't --purge you shouldn't lose anything
[03:39] <ShawnR> gotcha
[03:39] <mhall119> you can always mysqldump first
[03:39] <ShawnR> still got same error :(
[03:39] <ShawnR> won't let me uninstall b/c i need to apt-get -f install first (which doesn't work)
[03:39] <ShawnR> mysql-server : Depends: mysql-server-5.5 but it is not going to be installed
[03:39] <ShawnR> so i need to apt-get remove both mysql-server and mysql-server-5.5?
[03:40] <ShawnR> ah, now zoneminder depends on mysql-server
[03:40] <ShawnR> i don't use that currently, i'll just ditch it
[03:40] <mhall119> mysql-server is just a meta-package that depends on mysql-server-5.5, you can try removing both (and mysql-server-core too)
[03:40] <ShawnR> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
[03:40] <ShawnR>  mysql-server-5.5 : Depends: mysql-server-core-5.5 (= 5.5.37-0ubuntu0.12.04.1) but 5.5.40-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 is to be installed
[03:40] <ShawnR> yeah, i need t odo core
[03:46] <ShawnR> ooh...
[03:46] <ShawnR> dpkg might have done it...
[04:47] <ShawnR> ok, so i'm getting closer... but still no dice, mhall119 
[04:52] <ShawnR> http://pastebin.com/RcKnPPBx there's the output from sudo apt-get -f install
[04:52] <ShawnR> I'll be around tomorrow.  Thanks for any/all help
[04:52] <ShawnR> and now to retire for the night