error: 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' 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 '/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
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