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

Moises

Hi,
I just installed MySQL using "yum install mysql" and when I try to run it I get this error:
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)

When I try to start the service using "service mysqld start" I get this message:
mysqld: unrecognized service

Please help.
Moises

Atli

Hi Moises. Welcome to TSDN!

Try doing either of those:

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# /etc/init.d/mysql start

# /etc/init.d/mysql restart

pbmods

Heya, Moises.

You're getting this error because the MySQL database server daemon is not running. Atli's suggestion will get you going.

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