title: Cannot get MySQL running in Terminal on macOS Sierra
body: <p>I have been setting up a new laptop for development purposes and when trying to get MySQL to run in the Terminal I get the following message:</p>
  
  <pre><code>$ mysql -u root -p
  
  ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Can somebody please help me out here?</p>