First of all, I don't know very much about Ubuntu. It's Ubuntu 16.04 Server (64 bits).
I needed to install a MySQL database, using apt-get install mariadb-server
. It worked, it's been installed but it asked me no password or anything. Unable to set a password, I just uninstalled it using the apt-get remove
.
Then I wanted to try using apt-get install mysql-server
, giving me an error. Well, I searched the web for solutions, and I've used commands I don't even know what do they do. And now, I have this mess where I can't install packages.
It seems that both are already installed, but when I try to do something with them:
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)
And I can't even install gedit to try and edit a file that's supposed to have a solution to this problem.
Argh... What the heck can I do? I'm very lost right now, and I'm afraid that if I can't solve this, I'll have to format and reinstall everything.
Thanks for your help.