Unable to start the mysql server in ubuntu

Question

After running the command  mysql -v in Ubuntu  I am getting the following error      ERROR 2002  HY000   Can t connect to local MySQL server through socket   var run mysqld mysqld sock   2

User · Answer

Yes  should try reinstall mysql  but use the --reinstall flag to force a package reconfiguration  So the operating system service configuration is not skipped  sudo apt --reinstall install mysql-server

User · Answer

I think this is because you are using client software and not the server    mysql is client  mysqld is the server   Try   sudo service mysqld start  To check that service is running use  ps -ef   grep mysql   grep -v grep   Uninstalling   sudo apt-get purge mysql-server sudo apt-get autoremove sudo apt-get autoclean   Re-Installing   sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install mysql-server     Backup entire folder before doing this   sudo rm  etc apt apt conf d 50unattended-upgrades  sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade

[mysql] Unable to start the mysql server in ubuntu

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