I installed MySQL 5.0 on my MacBook Pro and got the following error when I tried starting the server after a computer restart:<\/p>\n
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can’t connect to local MySQL server through socket ‘\/tmp\/mysql.sock’ (2)<\/em><\/p>\n It turns out that others were having this problem, and I wanted to go ahead and post the solution that I found to work the best:<\/p>\n Type the following commands into a Terminal window: Note that the line \/usr\/local\/mysql is looking for the symlink at which your MySQL installation points. I pointed mine to \/Library\/MySQL and changed the line appropriately for my setup. After this, make sure you set the root password to access MySQL, and you should be all set.\n<\/p>\n \n*Note* I haven’t investigated this all the way through yet, but I now have to start using <\/p>\n myqld_safe –skip-grant &<\/p>\n as my daemon starting command. 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\n$ cd \/usr\/local\/mysql
\n$ sudo .\/scripts\/mysql_install_db –rpm
\n$ sudo chown -R mysql data
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