dpkg issue installing mysql-server

[Scallywag]

I'm trying to install mysql-server.
I enter the "sudo apt-get install mysql-server" command. The following install process reads:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
mysql-server is already the newest version.
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  linux-headers-2.6.28-11-generic linux-headers-2.6.28-11
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
2 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up mysql-server-5.0 (5.1.30really5.0.75-0ubuntu10.2) ...
 * Stopping MySQL database server mysqld                                                                                             [ OK ] 
 * Reloading AppArmor profiles ...                                                                                                   [ OK ] 
 * Starting MySQL database server mysqld                                                                                             [ OK ] 
 * Checking for corrupt, not cleanly closed and upgrade needing tables.

The install locks up at this point. My processor continually cranks away but never finishes the installation. I have to reboot to get out of it.

I've tried "purging" mysql-server using:

dkpg --purge --force-all mysql-server

This doesn't appear to make any difference. Not sure where to go from here.

Any help would be appreciated!

[olacelle]

Have you tried apt-get remove mysql-server and then apt-get install mysql-server?