Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)

Question

I am getting the following error when I try to connect to mysql:

Can\'t connect to local MySQL server through socket \'/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock\' (2)<

Answer 1

First enter "service mysqld start" and login

Answer 2

In my case, I was importing a new database, and I wasnt able to connect again after that. Finally I realized that was a space problem.

So you can delete the last database and expand you hard drive or what I did, restored a snapshot of my virtual machine.

Just in case someone thinks that is useful

Answer 3

MariaDB, a community developed fork of MySQL, has become the default implementation of MySQL in many distributions.

So first you should start,

$ sudo systemctl start mariadb

If this fails rather try,

$ sudo systemctl start mysqld

Then to start mysql,

$ mysql -u root -p

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As of today, in Fedora the package is named mariadb And in Ubuntu it is called mariadb-server.

So you may have to install it if its not already installed in your system.

Answer 4

Ensure that your mysql service is running

service mysqld start

Then, try the one of the following following:

(if you have not set password for mysql)

mysql -u root

if you have set password already

mysql -u root -p

Answer 5

I had to disable explicit_defaults_for_timestamp from my.cnf.

Answer 6

Please check whether another mysql service is running.