PEQ editor installation error

[joedit]

Hi guys, thanks again for the work in developing and operating this site.

I am having issues with installing PEQ editor. I have a fresh server install on ubuntu, running on a VPS instance at a hosting provider. The game play seems to be running fine - I am able to connect to the server, set myself as the GM, run around in different zones, etc.

I tried to follow the steps in the install guide to install PEQ editor and am stuck at the first step - "sudo apt install mysql-server"

The installation failed to complete and entered into a Frozen state, and the message is:

--BEGIN--
This MySQL or variant installation has entered "frozen mode". Maintainer
scripts will avoid making changes or starting the daemon until manually
released from this state. See /usr/share/doc/mysql-common/README for
general information about this mode.

In this particular case, an incompatible downgrade attempt has been
detected. This can be resolved in one of two ways:

1. Change the contents of /var/lib/mysql/ to contain database data that
is compatible with the currently installed MySQL or variant daemon
version. For example: you could restore from a backup. Alternatively you
could do a dump using a future version binary and then a restore using
the current version binary.

2. Switch to a MySQL or variant daemon version that is compatible with
the data currently in /var/lib/mysql/. For example, if you have
attempted a downgrade from mysql-server-5.7 to mysql-server-5.6, you
could "apt install mysql-server-5.7" again.

Please resolve this situation and only then remove the /etc/mysql/FROZEN
symlink. You can then run "dpkg-reconfigure <package>" where <package>
should usually be in the form <variant>-server-<version>.

--END--

I am not a developer nor a database person and have very limited skills in these areas....I believe it is saying the Eqemu database content is an older version that is somehow not compatible with the mysql server I am installing? I tried downloading with a v5.6 but it was not available.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.