error: 'Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)' — Missing /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock

Question

My problem started off with me not being able to log in as root any more on my mysql install. I was attempting to run mysql without passwords turned on... but whenever I

Answer 1

Why getting this error

I received new updates of mysql libraries so i updated my Kubuntu OS after that getting these errors.

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Commands i tried and how i fixed it.

MySql-server is running correctly but when i tried to connect its giving

Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock'.

I checked /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock'. this directory. My files did not existed.

I also tried these commands to connect but did not worked for me.

 mysql -h 127.0.0.1 -P 3306 -u root -p

 sudo service mysql start

After wasting round about 2 hours i found the solution

sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade -f

After that everything fixed for me.