How can I boot mysql?

Question

After I install mysql in my terminal like this

brew install mysql

I try to open it like this

mysql -uroot

but it appear an error:ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2) What should I do

Answer 1

Try starting mysql server with this command: mysql.server start

and if this not help try: brew services start mysql