Answer by Akash5288 for How do I start/stop mysql server?

I got a strange error when I installed mysql-workbench on my Ubuntu machine. After that I tried to start the mysql service using this command:

service mysql start

This showed that the MySQL server was not installed, so I installed it and my problem was solved. The command to install mysql-server is:

sudo apt-get install mysql-server

After successful installation, start the MySQL server:

service mysql start