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New Question: Can't connect to MariaDB through mysql command line client

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Date: Mon, 02 May 2016 17:05:03 -0000

Hello,

A new question has been asked in "MariaDB Community" by chuck_lyon_g. Please answer it at http://mariadb.com/kb/en/cant-connect-to-mariadb-through-mysql-command-line-client/ as the person asking the question may not be subscribed to the mailing list.

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I have installed  the xampp stack which now includes MariaDB. I have been  connecting to it with phpMyAdmin and php scripts through Apache as localhost. This all works with no problem. Today I tried to use the mysql command line tool and got the following error:

ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2 "No such file or directory")

I checked, and indeed that path does not exist. I did, however find the following path: 

/opt/lampp/var/mysql/mysql.soc

Is it possible that the xampp  stack installs the database files in  a non-standard location and I need to tell mysql about the change? If so, how?
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