Installation Error 1.6.x (ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'archivematica'@'localhost')

[Rafael Herzog Ramos]

Hi,

I'm getting the following error on "sudo apt-get install -y archivematica-dashboard":

Installing collected packages: mysqlclient
  Found existing installation: mysqlclient 1.3.12
    Uninstalling mysqlclient-1.3.12:
      Successfully uninstalled mysqlclient-1.3.12
Successfully installed mysqlclient-1.3.7
ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'archivematica'@'localhost' (using password: YES)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/archivematica/dashboard/manage.py", line 10, in <module>
    execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 354, in execute_from_command_line
    utility.execute()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 303, in execute
    settings.INSTALLED_APPS
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/conf/__init__.py", line 48, in __getattr__
    self._setup(name)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/conf/__init__.py", line 44, in _setup
    self._wrapped = Settings(settings_module)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/conf/__init__.py", line 92, in __init__
    mod = importlib.import_module(self.SETTINGS_MODULE)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/importlib/__init__.py", line 37, in import_module
    __import__(name)
  File "/usr/share/archivematica/dashboard/settings/common.py", line 42, in <module>
    'NAME': config.get('client', 'database'),     # Or path to database file if using sqlite3.
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/ConfigParser.py", line 607, in get
    raise NoSectionError(section)
ConfigParser.NoSectionError: No section: 'client'
id: archivematicadashboard: no such user
Adding system user `archivematicadashboard' (UID 334) ...
Adding new group `archivematicadashboard' (GID 334) ...
Adding new user `archivematicadashboard' (UID 334) with group `archivematicadashboard' ...
Creating home directory `/var/lib/archivematica-django/' ...

I've tried setting a password for the root mySql user and also leaving it blank. Same error on both.

Thank you.

[Marcelo Moro Brondani]

Hello! Can you solve it? in what form?