I've installed MySQL:
sudo apt-get install mysql-server
I've tried to start the service:
sudo service mysql start
But everytime I start it I get the message:
*Starting MySQL database server mysqld [fail]
I've tried reinstalling MySQL, killing any related running process, but nothing I've tried this entire week has worked.
I've also tried directly logging into mysql with the command below,
mysql -u root -p
But I would get the following error message:
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)
Edits: I fixed a typo. I forgot to include "sudo" in the start command. This also did not work for me. I also added in what would happen if I tried to login to MySQL