I am using MAC OS Sierra . and trying to access mysql but getting error like
UserXs-MacBook-Pro:~ Ayaz$ mysql -u root
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2)
UserXs-MacBook-Pro:~ Ayaz$
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Can you check whether your MySQL instance is running or not firstly? – N00b Pr0grammer Dec 05 '16 at 14:54
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I have check its running via XAMP server – Ayaz Ahmad Tarar Dec 05 '16 at 15:06
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Can you try `mysql -u root -h 127.0.0.1` instead, /tmp/mysql.sock is used when connecting via localhost socket, whereas 127.0.0.1 will not use mysql.sock – HelloSpeakman Dec 05 '16 at 15:07
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`UserXs-MacBook-Pro:~ Ayaz$ mysql -u root -h 127.0.0.1 ERROR 2003 (HY000): Can't connect to MySQL server on '127.0.0.1' (61) UserXs-MacBook-Pro:~ Ayaz$ ` – Ayaz Ahmad Tarar Dec 05 '16 at 15:09
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Hi Ayaz, this will mean that you don't have a current instance of MySQL running to connect to. – HelloSpeakman Dec 05 '16 at 15:15
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I have mysql installed perfectly `UserXs-MacBook-Pro:~ Ayaz$ mysql --version mysql Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.7.16, for osx10.12 (x86_64) using EditLine wrapper` – Ayaz Ahmad Tarar Dec 05 '16 at 15:16
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MySQL is installed, but it is not running, try the following command `sudo /usr/local/mysql/support-files/mysql.server start` – HelloSpeakman Dec 05 '16 at 16:52
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`sh-3.2# sudo /usr/local/mysql/support-files/mysql.server start` `sudo: /usr/local/mysql/support-files/mysql.server: command not found` – Ayaz Ahmad Tarar Dec 05 '16 at 17:30
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If you have your MySQL UP and running, you could try the following step to get your issue sorted out!
This worked for me and hope works for you too!
sudo /usr/local/mysql/support-files/mysql.server start
This is an interesting question on SO which is on a similar discussion, hope that this helps!!!
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i tried but got error like `sudo: /usr/local/mysql/support-files/mysql.server: command not found` – Ayaz Ahmad Tarar Dec 05 '16 at 15:05
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Did you check the question that I pointed to on the same topic? – N00b Pr0grammer Dec 06 '16 at 01:18