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

Once you install or update MySQL, it won't ask you to create the root password. In that case: you will have file called "debian.cnf" path: /etc/mysql. You will find user name and password, login with that credentials and create new user and password.