Bug #95621 mysql-community-server 8.0.16-2ubuntu19.04 does not start!
Submitted: 3 Jun 2019 18:06 Modified: 4 Jun 2019 11:59
Reporter: Victor Porton Email Updates:
Status: Duplicate Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Server: Installing Severity:S2 (Serious)
Version:8.0.16-2ubuntu19.04 OS:Ubuntu (19.04)
Assigned to: Lars Tangvald CPU Architecture:x86 (i5)

[3 Jun 2019 18:06] Victor Porton 
Description:
After installing mysql-community-server 8.0.16-2ubuntu19.04 I have the directory /var/run/mysqld missing and the server refusing to start. What's wrong?

Ubuntu 19.04.

How to repeat:
sudo apt install mysql-community-client mysql-community-client-core mysql-community-server mysql-community-server-core
[3 Jun 2019 18:22] MySQL Verification Team 
Thank you for the bug report. Using the MySQL APT Repository:

https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/repo/apt/

miguel@tikal:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 19.04
Release:        19.04
Codename:       disco
miguel@tikal:~$ ls /var/run/mysqld
mysqld.pid  mysqld.sock  mysqld.sock.lock  mysqlx.sock  mysqlx.sock.lock
miguel@tikal:~$ mysql -uroot -p
Enter password:
Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 8
Server version: 8.0.16 MySQL Community Server - GPL

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[4 Jun 2019 11:59] Terje Røsten 
This is duplicate of https://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=95163.