Missing /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock file

Question

I\'m trying to access mysql and when I run the mysql command, I get the following.

[root@ip-10-229-65-166 tpdatabase-1.8.0.28356]# mysql

ERR

Answer 1

You need to install the server package:

sudo yum install mysql-server

After installation, you have to start the service:

sudo service mysqld start