Cannot connect to local MySQL server through socket

[itdweeb99]

Hi, I am very new to zabbix and am trying to demo zabbix 7.2 using ubuntu/mysql/apache and am not getting far at all. I'm using the platform install instructions and when I get to the step of "create initial database" and run the command, mysql -uroot -p, i get the following error:

ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqlld/msqld.sock' (2).

How could I already be getting errors? I'm literally 3 commands into the setup, lol. I did run the following command: systemctl status mysql and I get this:

Unit mysql.service could not be found

[Moob]

hi,

Install MySQL first and then resume your installation steps.

sudo apt install mysql-server

should do the trick.

Regards

[BigFrank]

I'm starting to wonder if this software was actually meant to run. The steps involved are unbelievable .
I"m in a VM using debain and can't copy/[past command and there seems to be A LOT just to get this going
it's absolutely ridiculous.
The SQL etc, etc, etc fails
crazy.