ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysql.sock' (2)

Question

I\'m getting this error

ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can\'t connect to local MySQL server through socket \'/var/run/mysqld/mysql.sock\' (2)

even though

Answer 1

recently i have faced with this error in my mysql ERROR 2002 (HY000):

Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket

'/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (111)

because i forget to start my mariadb. just type this command on ur terminal.

systemctl start mariadb.service