ownCloud help needed

[pant2002]

Hey guys, need a little help installing ownCloud on my Ubuntu 16.04 Machine. Everything has been installed and I can load the login page(localhost/owncloud). After trying to create a database using MySQL/MariaDB, I am getting the error "SQLSTATE [HY000] [2002] No such file or directory." This is a fresh install of Ubuntu, all I have installed is ownCloud and the ownCloud desktop client. Any suggestions?

[pant2002]

It should have access, it is installed at the root level. Also, the install wizard allows the user to choose a location to install the server at. I choose the /var/www file, as a database location. As soon as I try creating the database, I get the given error.

[Charles Merry]

I'm running Nextcloud here which is an ownCloud fork. And it runs perfect on 16.04 Have you tested if mysql works at all? just type 'mysql mysql' in the command line to check. Maybe something is wrong? Also, have you checked if your disk is full? 

[Eniqmatic]

On 8/8/2016 at 9:51 PM, pant2002 said:

Hey guys, need a little help installing ownCloud on my Ubuntu 16.04 Machine. Everything has been installed and I can load the login page(localhost/owncloud). After trying to create a database using MySQL/MariaDB, I am getting the error "SQLSTATE [HY000] [2002] No such file or directory." This is a fresh install of Ubuntu, all I have installed is ownCloud and the ownCloud desktop client. Any suggestions?

Pretty sure I had a similar issue recently that I resolved but it escapes me just now. Will update if I remember.

 

On 8/8/2016 at 10:19 PM, Julian2000nl said:

Does ownCloud has access to the location the database is being created in?

 

Also, SQL is crap. My Futallaby server never got to work because of a random #1045 Access Denied error that made no sense at all.

Will retry it myself in a while.

 

Also, using alternative software is sometimes a good idea.

Just because you couldn't get something to work, doesn't mean the software is crap. MySQL is an excellent piece software, with so many advanced features, considering it is opensource and free. True it will flag errors, but in my experience all are 100% legit and it never seems error for something that "made no sense at all". Although it may seem that it is broken for no reason, once you figure out the issue you will go "Oh...right. That's why".