Can not install Wordpress

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Hi, I am trying to learn Freedombox. I ran in quite a few problems but I have sorted out quite a few already. But I do not know how to solve this problem. I use a desktop with a fresh install of Linux Mint 21.2, basically a Ubuntu ( i did again a fresh install to rule out other configurations etc.).

Problem Description
WordPress can not be installed.

Error installing application: Error during installation debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Dialog debconf: (Dialog frontend will not work on a dumb terminal, an emacs shell buffer, or without a controlling terminal.) debconf: falling back to frontend: Readline debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Readline debconf: (This frontend requires a controlling tty.) debconf: falling back to frontend: Teletype Renaming removed key_buffer and myisam-recover options (if present) Specified filename /var/lib/mysql/ibdata1 does not exist. 2023-12-16T14:56:58.779690Z 0 [ERROR] [MY-010946] [Server] Failed to start mysqld daemon. Check mysqld error log. Warning: Unable to start the server. Job for mysql.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See “systemctl status mysql.service” and “journalctl -xeu mysql.service” for details. invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action “start” failed. ● mysql.service - MySQL Community Server Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/mysql.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: activating (auto-restart) (Result: exit-code) since Sat 2023-12-16 15:56:59 CET; 7ms ago Process: 7624 ExecStartPre=/usr/share/mysql/mysql-systemd-start pre (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) CPU: 8ms dpkg: error processing package mysql-server-8.0 (–configure): installed mysql-server-8.0 package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of default-mysql-server: default-mysql-server depends on mysql-server-8.0; however: Package mysql-server-8.0 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing package default-mysql-server (–configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: mysql-server-8.0 default-mysql-server E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

In the Cockpit I see that MySql Community server failed to start. Apparently there is missing something


Steps to Reproduce

  1. Click on the App WordPress and click the button ‘Install’

Information

  • FreedomBox version: You are running Linux Mint 21.2 and FreedomBox version 22.5. FreedomBox is up to date.
  • How did you install FreedomBox?: With the built in Software Manager

Thanks for any suggestions!

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FreedomBox must be installed on Debian. Ubuntu, Linux Mint and any other Debian derivatives are going to break.

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Oké, thanks for this short and clear answer. I use the desktop for getting to learn Freedombox a bit, see how it works. Well, I give it some thoughts


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You’re welcome! If you just want to experiment on your desktop, I would suggest running FreedomBox in QEMU or VirtualBox. There are specific images for these platforms at Download | FreedomBox - Personal Server at Home

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