现象:
在CentOS 64bit下,使用yum install mysql
安装完Mysql后,启动时会出现以下错误:
Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock'
原因: 用上面的方式安装后/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock根本不存在。
解决方法:正确的安装方式如下:
--Check whether mysql has been installed
yum list installed | grep mysql
yum list installed | grep MySQL
--yum -y remove ..... ex:
yum -y remove MySQL-server
yum -y remove MySQL-client-5.5.13-1.rhel5.x86_64
--Install command:
yum search mysql
yum -y install mysql-server.x86_64
/usr/bin/mysql_install_db
--Start mysqld service
service mysqld start
service mysqld