Answers for "ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/Applications/MAMP/tmp/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)"

ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2)

sudo chown -R _mysql:mysql /usr/local/var/mysql

sudo mysql.server start

ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.s

> ln -s /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock /tmp/mysql.sock
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> service mysql start or service mysql start

ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysql.sock' (2) Ask

##	ERROR 2002 (HY000): 
##	Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket 

#### Follow below steps and you good to go... ####
sudo dpkg-reconfigure mysql-server-{version_number}
##version_number should be mysql version number installed
## Now try login in mysql shell
sudo mysql -u root -p

ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)

sudo apt-get install mysql-server

ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)

sudo /etc/init.d/mysql start

error 2002 (hy000): can't connect to local mysql server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)

mysql -h 127.0.0.1 -P 3306 -u root -p <database>