When installing 5.2.7 using apt-get in Ubuntu I get this result

sudo apt-get install mariadb-server-5.2
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
libdbd-mysql-perl libmariadbclient16 libmysqlclient16 mariadb-client-5.2
mariadb-client-core-5.2 mariadb-server-core-5.2 mysql-common
Suggested packages:
mailx mariadb-test
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libdbd-mysql-perl libmariadbclient16 libmysqlclient16 mariadb-client-5.2
mariadb-client-core-5.2 mariadb-server-5.2 mariadb-server-core-5.2
mysql-common
0 upgraded, 8 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
Need to get 21.4 MB/21.5 MB of archives.
After this operation, 51.2 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Get:1 http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/mariadb/repo/5.2/ubuntu/ natty/main mysql-common all 5.2.7-mariadb101~natty [10.6 kB]
Get:2 http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/mariadb/repo/5.2/ubuntu/ natty/main libmariadbclient16 amd64 5.2.7-mariadb101~natty [1,454 kB]
Get:3 http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/mariadb/repo/5.2/ubuntu/ natty/main libmysqlclient16 amd64 5.2.7-mariadb101~natty [4,300 B]
Get:4 http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/mariadb/repo/5.2/ubuntu/ natty/main mariadb-client-core-5.2 amd64 5.2.7-mariadb101~natty [93.7 kB]
Get:5 http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/mariadb/repo/5.2/ubuntu/ natty/main mariadb-client-5.2 amd64 5.2.7-mariadb101~natty [1,759 kB]
Get:6 http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/mariadb/repo/5.2/ubuntu/ natty/main mariadb-server-core-5.2 amd64 5.2.7-mariadb101~natty [4,474 kB]
Get:7 http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/mariadb/repo/5.2/ubuntu/ natty/main mariadb-server-5.2 amd64 5.2.7-mariadb101~natty [13.6 MB]
Fetched 21.4 MB in 6s (3,166 kB/s)
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package mysql-common.
(Reading database ... 458443 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking mysql-common (from .../mysql-common_5.2.7-mariadb101~natty_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libmariadbclient16.
Unpacking libmariadbclient16 (from .../libmariadbclient16_5.2.7-mariadb101~natty_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libmysqlclient16.
Unpacking libmysqlclient16 (from .../libmysqlclient16_5.2.7-mariadb101~natty_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libdbd-mysql-perl.
Unpacking libdbd-mysql-perl (from .../libdbd-mysql-perl_4.016-1_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package mariadb-client-core-5.2.
Unpacking mariadb-client-core-5.2 (from .../mariadb-client-core-5.2_5.2.7-mariadb101~natty_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package mariadb-client-5.2.
Unpacking mariadb-client-5.2 (from .../mariadb-client-5.2_5.2.7-mariadb101~natty_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package mariadb-server-core-5.2.
Unpacking mariadb-server-core-5.2 (from .../mariadb-server-core-5.2_5.2.7-mariadb101~natty_amd64.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for menu ...
Setting up mysql-common (5.2.7-mariadb101~natty) ...
Selecting previously deselected package mariadb-server-5.2.
(Reading database ... 458622 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking mariadb-server-5.2 (from .../mariadb-server-5.2_5.2.7-mariadb101~natty_amd64.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead ...
Setting up libmysqlclient16 (5.2.7-mariadb101~natty) ...
Setting up libmariadbclient16 (5.2.7-mariadb101~natty) ...
Setting up libdbd-mysql-perl (4.016-1) ...
Setting up mariadb-client-core-5.2 (5.2.7-mariadb101~natty) ...
Setting up mariadb-client-5.2 (5.2.7-mariadb101~natty) ...
Setting up mariadb-server-core-5.2 (5.2.7-mariadb101~natty) ...
Setting up mariadb-server-5.2 (5.2.7-mariadb101~natty) ...
' * Stopping MariaDB database server mysqld [ OK ]
110805 19:21:20 [Note] Plugin 'PBXT' is disabled.
110805 19:21:20 [Note] Plugin 'InnoDB' is disabled.

• Starting MariaDB database server mysqld [fail]
  invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "start" failed.
  dpkg: error processing mariadb-server-5.2 (--configure):
  subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
  ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
  Processing triggers for menu ...
  Errors were encountered while processing:
  mariadb-server-5.2
  E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Prior to attempting this install, I tried removing mysql/maria from the system using some or all of the following:
Using Synaptic with the option of complete removal from the system, then run the following:

sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo apt-get -f install
sudo apt-get --fix-missing install
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install sysvinit-utils

This is a fatal error because I can not use the server.

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