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

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>

Posted by: Guest on November-05-2020

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

Posted by: Guest on March-13-2021

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