Answers for "mysql 8 ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)"

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
> 
> service mysql start or service mysql start

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

For mac:
The mysql server is not running.

brew services mysql start