Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' ( code example

Example 1: can't connect to local mysql server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock'

# Start your mysql server
/etc/init.d/mysql start

Example 2: ERROR 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 youbeyou

Example 3: 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

Example 4: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)

service mysql start

Example 5: can'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 start

Example 6: how to connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)

#/usr/sbin/mysqld --defaults-file=/etc/mysql/my.cnf --basedir=/usr --datadir=/var/lib/mysql --pid-file=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid --socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock