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

Changing the host to 127.0.0.1 worked for me.

Edit the file in /etc/mysql/my.cnf and add the below mentioned line to the section: client

[client]
port  = 3306
host  = 127.0.0.1
socket  = /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock

After you are done with it. Execute the following command.

sudo service mysql start