"ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)" code example
Example 1: 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
Example 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>