mysql - installing or upgrading mysql 5.5 to 5.6 in Linux mint

Question

Following error message getting while upgrading from Mysql 5.5 to 5.6.

The following packages have unmet dependencies: mysql-client-5.6 : Depends: mysql-client-core-5.6 but it is not going to be installed mysql-server-5.6 : Depends: mysql-server-core-5.6 (= 5.6.19-0ubuntu0.14.04.1) but it is not going to be installed E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

Answer 1

I had the same problem which was solved after update and upgrade. Try this, I hope this works for you:

$ sudo apt-get update

$ sudo apt-get upgrade

$ sudo apt-get install mysql-server-5.6