After installing the configuration began, however I kept getting this message saying: An error occurred while installing the database:                                                                                                                      ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket             '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)         I am new to this not sure what is blocking the mysql socket 
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Sounds like a typical permission problem, you need to ensure that your permissions can correctly read and write the database sock file. SourceIf your file my.cnf (usually in the /etc/mysql/ folder) is correctly  configured with:socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock You can check if mysql is running with the following command:mysqladmin -u root -p status Try changing your permission to mysql folder. If you are working locally, you can try:sudo chmod -R 755 /var/lib/mysql/If the above doesn't fix the problem then its likely something else, Visit Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/mysql/mysql.sock' (38) on Stack Overflow for more answers.