Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2) QMYSQL: Unable to connect

[JarekT]

Hi, I'm trying to connect Qt with MySql and when I run my program I get this error:

Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2) QMYSQL: Unable to connect

I use:
macOS High Sierra
XAMPP 7.4.4,
Qt Creator 5.14.2

Here is my code:

QSqlDatabase db = QSqlDatabase::addDatabase("QMYSQL");
db.setHostName("localhost"); //127.0.0.1
db.setUserName("root");
db.setPassword("");
db.setDatabaseName("monitoringDB");

if (!db.open()) {
   qDebug() << "Couldn't open db";
   qDebug() << "Error: " << db.lastError().text();
} else {
   qDebug() << "DB opened!";
}

I have XAMPP started up and running, including MySql database. I also checked that my databaseName, userName and password are correct.

I tried to google the problem but people usually refer to MySql installed separatelly, not within Xampp and their solutions doesn't apply to my case (at least I couldn't sort it out).

Regarding the error itself in my case '/tmp/mysql.sock' doesn't exist in the filesystem. I cannot see even '/tmp/'

Can anybody help me please with this because I'm out of ideas at this point..
Additionally can you say from your experience if using Xampp with Qt is a good idea? or maybe I should install all components (Apache, MySql, PHP) individually?

[SGaist]

Hi and welcome to devnet,

How exactly did you configure MySQL ?
Can you connect to it from the command line ?

[JarekT]

Installing Xampp doesn't require any additional configuration of MySql. However I did use brew install mysql-client and it was successful. After that I compiled qt sources: sqldrivers.pro and mysql.pro (I added two lines to mysql.pro file: INCLUDEPATH and QMAKE_LIBDIR). Afterwards I did "make" to all. As a result I had libqsqlmysql.dylib and I copied it into .../clang_64/plugins/sqldrivers. I've checked and libqsqlmysql.dylib refers to libmysqlclient.21.dylib which is correct (this is the one I have).

When I type mysql -u root -p in the terminal I get:
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2)

Now I also try to do the same project on Ubuntu to see how it goes, but this time I do not use Xampp but I am installing and configuring everything separately. Do you think it is a better approach? Is it Xampp which is making things complicated?

[SGaist]

@JarekT said in Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2) QMYSQL: Unable to connect:

Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2)

Check your MySQL configuration to see where that socket is configured to be.

[JarekT]

How can I check it??
What I was able to find where mysql.sock is. I have it at:
/Users/jarek/.bitnami/stackman/machines/xampp/volumes/root/var/mysql/mysql.sock

I tried to do a symbolic link of this file to /tmp/mysql.sock but it didn't work..

[JarekT]

I found that I can do some configuration in my.cnf file (location: /Users/jarek/.bitnami/stackman/machines/xampp/volumes/root/etc/my.cnf). I have read somewhere that I need to copy it to /etc/my.cnf to have a possibility to change it. So I copied it there. Afterwards I changed the following:
socket =/opt/lampp/var/mysql/mysql.sock -->> changed to -->> socket =/Users/jarek/.bitnami/stackman/machines/xampp/volumes/root/var/mysql/mysql.sock
and
plugin_dir=/opt/lampp/lib/mysql/plugin/ -->> changed to -->> plugin_dir=/Users/jarek/.bitnami/stackman/machines/xampp/volumes/root/lib/mysql/plugin/

Now when I do sudo mysql I have:
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/Users/jarek/.bitnami/stackman/machines/xampp/volumes/root/var/mysql/mysql.sock' (61) so it didn't help...