MySQL fails on: mysql “ERROR 1524 (HY000): Plugin 'auth_socket' is not loaded”

Question

My local environment is:

• fresh Ubuntu 16.04
• with PHP 7

• with installed MySQL 5.7

  sudo apt-get install mysql-common mysql-se         
  
  
          

Answer 1

You can try with the below commands:

hduser@master:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/mysql stop
[ ok ] Stopping mysql (via systemctl): mysql.service.
hduser@master:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/mysql start
[ ok ] Starting mysql (via systemctl): mysql.service.