Answers for "Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/run/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)"

can't connect to local mysql server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2)

Try to start the MySQL server:
mysql.server start

can't connect to local mysql server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock'

# Start your mysql server
/etc/init.d/mysql start

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

service mysql start

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

ln -s /private/var/mysql/mysql.sock /tmp/mysql.sock