# Confusing state of Percona Software Repositories (apt)

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**Category:** Percona Server for MySQL 8.0\
**Tags:** mysql, percona\
**Created:** [January 23, 2026, 11:09am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/confusing-state-of-percona-software-repositories-apt/40092 "2026-01-23T11:09:20Z")\
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(For completeness / search benefits: the broken `libdb-mysql-perl`(version `5.013`) results in `Can’t load mysql.so` and `undefined symbol: mysql_sqlstate` error messages and seems to be the cause for at least these forum issues:

- [Percona toolkit pt-show-grants 3.7.1 broken on Debian 13 - #5 by thomariobros](https://forums.percona.com/t/percona-toolkit-pt-show-grants-3-7-1-broken-on-debian-13/40009/5)
- [Libdbd-mysql-perl 1:5.013-1.noble breaks DBD::mysql after apt upgrade on Ubuntu 24.04](https://forums.percona.com/t/libdbd-mysql-perl-1-5-013-1-noble-breaks-dbd-mysql-after-apt-upgrade-on-ubuntu-24-04/40080)

and possible more, that I didn’t find)

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