Cannot start mysql - Unit mysql.service is masked

[Shu Shang]

I have asked this on askubuntu and no one replied so I thought of asking 
here.


I am trying to install phpMyAdmin and it complained about not able to 
connect to MySQL server. It seems that the relevant services are not 
started but I cannot start it.

Here is the results of some commands I run.

# mysql -v
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket 
'/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)
# service mysql stop
# service mysql start
Failed to start mysql.service: Unit mysql.service is masked.
# service mysqld stop
# service mysqld start
Failed to start mysqld.service: Unit mysqld.service is masked.
# systemctl unmask mysql.service
# service mysql start
Failed to start mysql.service: Unit mysql.service is masked.
# systemctl unmask mysqld.service
# service mysqld start
Failed to start mysqld.service: Unit mysqld.service is masked.

Update:

$ file /lib/systemd/system/mysql.service
/lib/systemd/system/mysql.service: ASCII text
$ file /lib/systemd/system/mysqld.service
/lib/systemd/system/mysqld.service: cannot open 
`/lib/systemd/system/mysqld.service' (No such file or directory)


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