Thomas Hackert <thackert@nexgo.de> writes:
"error: 99: Cannot assign requested address" - again, this indicates EADDRNOTAVAIL, suggesting that 127.0.0.1 is missing on the system.
But does it mean, I have to install bind to use mariadb-server? I would prefer to not install it ... ;)
No, it has nothing to do with bind. It means that the default configuration file is set up with an IP address that is invalid on your system.
Well, in my /etc/networks I have the line <quote> loopback 127.0.0.0 </quote> . But if I use the address, the router has assigned to my Desktop PC (192.168.X.YYY ... ;) ), it works :) Then I can use "apt-get -f install" to fix the installation. But still wondering, if this could not be fixed (say: a pre-install script, which checks the system for a working network and/or which IP address is assigned to the machine or the like
In principle, yes. However, I am reluctant to change this. It sounds like your system has a broken network setup, I have never seen before a correctly configured system without 127.0.0.1 address. Also note that this comes from the original Debian MySQL packages, so changing it also is dangerous in case we break compatibility. If you want, you can send me the output of ifconfig -a so I can check if there is something special with your network setup. My guess would be that you would find other programs have similar problems with missing 127.0.0.1 address. - Kristian.