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

[Lukas Ziegler]

I have the exact same problem. I'm using Debian and i tried installing MySQL via apt-get
I entered 'apt-get install mysql-server' and it downloaded the file from the debian website. So it should be one of the newest and stable version.

Here's what it echo'd out to me at the end of installation:

.....
Setting up libdbd-mysql-perl (2.9003-3) ...
Setting up libmysqlclient12 (4.0.23-1) ...

Setting up mysql-client (4.0.23-1) ...
Setting up mysql-server (3.23.49-8.9) ...
Stopping MySQL database server: mysqld.
Starting MySQL database server: mysqld...failed.

and when i try connecting to mysql it gives me exactly that error message
ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)

Does anyone know how to solve this problem?

P.S. more info at http://sv3.3dbuzz.com/vbforum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=98911

Thanks

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