ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2) . Your options are code example
Example 1: 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 start
Example 2: 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