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 startERROR 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 startERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)
# Remove mysql
sudo apt-get remove --purge mysql\*
#update repositories
sudo apt update
# Reinstall it
sudo apt install mysql-server mysql-client
# Test if it runs
sudo mysql
# You can install also thes pachages. Optionnaly
sudo apt install php
#mesabo youbeyouERROR 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 startwsl ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)
# If you're usinng wsl
sudo /etc/init.d/mysql start
#else
sudo apt-get remove --purge mysql*
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get autoclean
sudo apt-get install mysql-server mysql-clientcan't connect to local mysql server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock'
# this saved my ass
# first you must perform a graceful shutdown of the server from the command line rather than powering off the server
shutdown -h now
# an additional method for getting it back up again when you run into this problem is to move mysql.sock
# to centos
mv /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock.bak
# to ubuntu
mv /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock.bak
# restart mysql
service mysqld startERROR 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 -pCopyright © 2021 Codeinu
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