title: ERROR 2002 (HY000) on crouton ubuntu 12.04
body: <p>I've reinstalled mySQL several times and this error still seems to be occurring whenever I run `mysql -u root -p':</p>
  
  <pre><code>ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (111)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I've went through all the solutions that I've found and it seems to not help.</p>
  
  <p>Yes, a /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock file exists.</p>
  
  <p>When I run the command: <code>sudo service mysqld start</code>, I get <code>mysqld: unrecognized service</code></p>
  
  <p>There isn't a /etc/my.cnf file but there is a /etc/mysql/my.cnf which is as follows:</p>
  
  <pre><code>#
  # The MySQL database server configuration file.
  #
  # You can copy this to one of:
  # - "/etc/mysql/my.cnf" to set global options,
  # - "~/.my.cnf" to set user-specific options.
  # 
  # One can use all long options that the program supports.
  # Run program with --help to get a list of available options and with
  # --print-defaults to see which it would actually understand and use.
  #
  # For explanations see
  # http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/server-system-variables.html
  
  # This will be passed to all mysql clients
  # It has been reported that passwords should be enclosed with ticks/quotes
  # escpecially if they contain "#" chars...
  # Remember to edit /etc/mysql/debian.cnf when changing the socket location.
  [client]
  port        = 3306
  socket      = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
  
  # Here is entries for some specific programs
  # The following values assume you have at least 32M ram
  
  # This was formally known as [safe_mysqld]. Both versions are currently parsed.
  [mysqld_safe]
  socket      = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
  nice        = 0
  
  [mysqld]
  #
  # * Basic Settings
  #
  user        = mysql
  pid-file    = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid
  socket      = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
  port        = 3306
  basedir     = /usr
  datadir     = /var/lib/mysql
  tmpdir      = /tmp
  lc-messages-dir = /usr/share/mysql
  skip-external-locking
  #
  # Instead of skip-networking the default is now to listen only on
  # localhost which is more compatible and is not less secure.
  bind-address        = 127.0.0.1
  #
  # * Fine Tuning
  #
  key_buffer      = 16M
  max_allowed_packet  = 16M
  thread_stack        = 192K
  thread_cache_size       = 8
  # This replaces the startup script and checks MyISAM tables if needed
  # the first time they are touched
  myisam-recover         = BACKUP
  #max_connections        = 100
  #table_cache            = 64
  #thread_concurrency     = 10
  #
  # * Query Cache Configuration
  #
  query_cache_limit   = 1M
  query_cache_size        = 16M
  #
  # * Logging and Replication
  #
  # Both location gets rotated by the cronjob.
  # Be aware that this log type is a performance killer.
  # As of 5.1 you can enable the log at runtime!
  #general_log_file        = /var/log/mysql/mysql.log
  #general_log             = 1
  #
  # Error log - should be very few entries.
  #
  log_error = /var/log/mysql/error.log
  #
  # Here you can see queries with especially long duration
  #log_slow_queries   = /var/log/mysql/mysql-slow.log
  
  #long_query_time = 2
  #log-queries-not-using-indexes
  #
  # The following can be used as easy to replay backup logs or for replication.
  # note: if you are setting up a replication slave, see README.Debian about
  #       other settings you may need to change.
  #server-id      = 1
  #log_bin            = /var/log/mysql/mysql-bin.log
  expire_logs_days    = 10
  max_binlog_size         = 100M
  #binlog_do_db       = include_database_name
  #binlog_ignore_db   = include_database_name
  #
  # * InnoDB
  
  #
  # InnoDB is enabled by default with a 10MB datafile in /var/lib/mysql/.
  # Read the manual for more InnoDB related options. There are many!
  #
  # * Security Features
  #
  # Read the manual, too, if you want chroot!
  # chroot = /var/lib/mysql/
  #`enter code here`
  # For generating SSL certificates I recommend the OpenSSL GUI "tinyca".
  #
  
  # ssl-ca=/etc/mysql/cacert.pem
  # ssl-cert=/etc/mysql/server-cert.pem
  # ssl-key=/etc/mysql/server-key.pem
  
  
  
  [mysqldump]
  quick
  quote-names
  max_allowed_packet  = 16M
  
  [mysql]
  #no-auto-rehash # faster start of mysql but no tab completition
  
  [isamchk]
  key_buffer      = 16M
  
  #
  # * IMPORTANT: Additional settings that can override those from this file!
  #   The files must end with '.cnf', otherwise they'll be ignored.
  #
  !includedir /etc/mysql/conf.d/
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>the following is the log when I ran 'sudo apt-get install mysql-server'</p>
  
  <pre><code>Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree       
  Reading state information... Done
  The following extra packages will be installed:
    libdbd-mysql-perl libhtml-template-perl libmysqlclient18 mysql-client-5.5
    mysql-client-core-5.5 mysql-common mysql-server-5.5 mysql-server-core-5.5
  Suggested packages:
    libipc-sharedcache-perl tinyca mailx
  The following NEW packages will be installed:
    libdbd-mysql-perl libhtml-template-perl libmysqlclient18 mysql-client-5.5
    mysql-client-core-5.5 mysql-common mysql-server mysql-server-5.5
    mysql-server-core-5.5
  0 upgraded, 9 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
  Need to get 0 B/26.4 MB of archives.
  After this operation, 95.1 MB of additional disk space will be used.
  Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
  Preconfiguring packages ...
  Selecting previously unselected package mysql-common.
  (Reading database ... 87126 files and directories currently installed.)
  Unpacking mysql-common (from .../mysql-common_5.5.46-0ubuntu0.12.04.2_all.deb) ...
  Selecting previously unselected package libmysqlclient18.
  Unpacking libmysqlclient18 (from .../libmysqlclient18_5.5.46-0ubuntu0.12.04.2_amd64.deb) ...
  Selecting previously unselected package libdbd-mysql-perl.
  Unpacking libdbd-mysql-perl (from .../libdbd-mysql-perl_4.020-1build2_amd64.deb) ...
  Selecting previously unselected package mysql-client-core-5.5.
  Unpacking mysql-client-core-5.5 (from .../mysql-client-core-5.5_5.5.46-0ubuntu0.12.04.2_amd64.deb) ...
  Selecting previously unselected package mysql-client-5.5.
  Unpacking mysql-client-5.5 (from .../mysql-client-5.5_5.5.46-0ubuntu0.12.04.2_amd64.deb) ...
  Selecting previously unselected package mysql-server-core-5.5.
  Unpacking mysql-server-core-5.5 (from .../mysql-server-core-5.5_5.5.46-0ubuntu0.12.04.2_amd64.deb) ...
  Processing triggers for man-db ...
  Setting up mysql-common (5.5.46-0ubuntu0.12.04.2) ...
  Selecting previously unselected package mysql-server-5.5.
  (Reading database ... 87306 files and directories currently installed.)
  Unpacking mysql-server-5.5 (from .../mysql-server-5.5_5.5.46-0ubuntu0.12.04.2_amd64.deb) ...
  Selecting previously unselected package libhtml-template-perl.
  Unpacking libhtml-template-perl (from .../libhtml-template-perl_2.10-1_all.deb) ...
  Selecting previously unselected package mysql-server.
  Unpacking mysql-server (from .../mysql-server_5.5.46-0ubuntu0.12.04.2_all.deb) ...
  Processing triggers for ureadahead ...
  Processing triggers for man-db ...
  Setting up libmysqlclient18 (5.5.46-0ubuntu0.12.04.2) ...
  Setting up libdbd-mysql-perl (4.020-1build2) ...
  Setting up mysql-client-core-5.5 (5.5.46-0ubuntu0.12.04.2) ...
  Setting up mysql-client-5.5 (5.5.46-0ubuntu0.12.04.2) ...
  Setting up mysql-server-core-5.5 (5.5.46-0ubuntu0.12.04.2) ...
  Setting up mysql-server-5.5 (5.5.46-0ubuntu0.12.04.2) ...
  runlevel:/var/run/utmp: No such file or directory
  initctl: Unknown job: mysql
  160102 12:58:49 [Warning] Using unique option prefix key_buffer instead of key_buffer_size is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Please use the full name instead.
  160102 12:58:49 [Note] /usr/sbin/mysqld (mysqld 5.5.46-0ubuntu0.12.04.2) starting as process 26560 ...
  runlevel:/var/run/utmp: No such file or directory
  initctl: Unknown job: mysql
  Setting up libhtml-template-perl (2.10-1) ...
  Setting up mysql-server (5.5.46-0ubuntu0.12.04.2) ...
  Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
  ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I am currently running Ubuntu through crouton on my chromebook. I'm pretty sure that there is enough disk space.</p>