Looking in the error log I saw this:
2017-01-06 10:58:44 5227 [ERROR] Can't start server : Bind on unix socket: Permission denied
2017-01-06 10:58:44 5227 [ERROR] Do you already have another mysqld server running on socket: /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock ?
2017-01-06 10:58:44 5227 [ERROR] Aborting
I didn't understand what was going on but Google yielded a solution that worked here:
http://serverfault.com/questions/497194/mysql-bind-on-unix-socket-permission-denied
Very important: Make sure the permission for the MySQL database directory under
/var/lib/
folder should be mysql:rootchown -R mysql:root /var/lib/mysql
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