title: Ubuntu 17.04 - can't install mysql-server-5.6
body: <p>I searched everywhere for this one and can't get it to work.
  when running:</p>
  
  <pre><code>sudo apt-get install mysql-server-5.6
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I get this result:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree       
  Reading state information... Done
  Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
  requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
  distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
  or been moved out of Incoming.
  The following information may help to resolve the situation:
  
  The following packages have unmet dependencies:
   mysql-server-5.6 : Depends: initscripts but it is not installable
                      Depends: mysql-client-5.6 (&gt;= 5.6.16-1~exp1) but it is not going to be installed
                      Depends: mysql-server-core-5.6 (= 5.6.16-1~exp1) but it is not going to be installed
                      Depends: sysv-rc (&gt;= 2.88dsf-24) but it is not installable or
                               file-rc (&gt;= 0.8.16) but it is not installable
  E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I also tried:</p>
  
  <pre><code>sudo aptitude install mysql-server
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>which tries to solve it by:</p>
  
  <pre><code>     Keep the following packages at their current version:
  1)     mysql-client-5.6 [Not Installed]                   
  2)     mysql-client-core-5.6 [Not Installed]              
  3)     mysql-server-5.6 [Not Installed]                   
  4)     mysql-server-core-5.6 [Not Installed]              
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But this doesn't work either.</p>
  
  <pre><code>dpkg --get-selections | grep hold
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>there is nothing being held under dpkg command above command.
  Also any other upgrade/update or removing/purging any mysql instances didn't help.
  Thanks!</p>
  
  <p><strong>EDIT-1</strong>
  after purging mysql* and reinstall with aptitude, I'm getting rid of some dependencies. the persisting dependencies are <strong>initscripts</strong>, <strong>sysv-rc</strong> and <strong>file-rc</strong>. so still struggling here.</p>