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

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


Fix: The mysql server might have not yet been started, try to start it and then connect to the mysql


In linux, you can use the command:
/etc/init.d/mysql start
to start mysql