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

Question

I installed LAMP on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) and then set root password on phpMyAdmin. I forgot the password and now I am unable to login. When I try to chan

Answer 1

Instead of using localhost:

mysql -u myuser -pmypassword -h localhost mydatabase

Use 127.0.0.1

mysql -u myuser -pmypassword -h 127.0.0.1 mydatabase

(also note, no space between -p and mypassword)

Enjoy :)