Eu tenho trabalhado nisso o dia todo e preciso de ajuda.

Eu estou tentando configurar o banco de dados mysql para um projeto RoR que estou trabalhando no github.

Quando tento configurar o banco de dados no terminal, recebo o seguinte erro:

Eric-MacBook:~ eric$ cd ~/review_rocket
Eric-MacBook:review_rocket eric$ rake db:setup
Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock'

Analisei 20 perguntas sobre SO e nenhuma delas conseguiu me ajudar a resolver meu problema.

O banco de dados está ativo e em execução e o database.yml também está configurado.

Eu estou ficando um pouco louco ... por favor ... ajude ... antes que seja tarde demais.

ATUALIZAÇÃO: Acabei de ver minhas gemas instaladas e, por alguma razão, está mostrandomysql2 (ver abaixo)

Eric-Reas-MacBook:~ ericrea$ gem list

*** LOCAL GEMS ***

multi_json (1.8.2)
mysql2 (0.3.13)
net-sftp (2.1.2) 

Isso parece um pouco estranho para mim ...

Update: Aqui está o que o meu database.yml está parecendo:

common: &common
  adapter: mysql2
  encoding: utf8
  reconnect: false
  pool: 5
  user_name: xxxx
  password: xxxx
  socket: /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock

development:
  <<: *common
  database: dev_review_rocket

# Warning: The database defined as "money_tracker_test" will be erased and
# re-generated from your development database when you run "rake".
# Do not set this db to the same as development or production.
test:
  <<: *common
  database: test_review_rocket

production:
  <<: *common
  database: prod_review_rocket

UPDATE: Agora recebendo erros estranhos ao tentar reinstalar o mysql com homebrew (veja abaixo):

$ brew install mysql
==> Downloading https://downloads.sf.net/project/machomebrew/Bottles/mysql-5.6.1
Already downloaded: /Library/Caches/Homebrew/mysql-5.6.13.mountain_lion.bottle.1.tar.gz
==> Pouring mysql-5.6.13.mountain_lion.bottle.1.tar.gz
==> /usr/local/Cellar/mysql/5.6.13/bin/mysql_install_db --verbose --user=ericrea
2013-10-22 18:32:41 56901 [Note] InnoDB: FTS optimize thread exiting.
2013-10-22 18:32:41 56901 [Note] InnoDB: Starting shutdown...
2013-10-22 18:32:42 56901 [Note] InnoDB: Shutdown completed; log sequence number 1626067
2013-10-22 18:32:42 56901 [Note] /usr/local/Cellar/mysql/5.6.13/bin/mysqld: Shutdown complete

Warning: mysql post_install failed. Rerun with `brew postinstall mysql`.
==> Caveats
A "/etc/my.cnf" from another install may interfere with a Homebrew-built
server starting up correctly.

To connect:
    mysql -uroot

To have launchd start mysql at login:
    ln -sfv /usr/local/opt/mysql/*.plist ~/Library/LaunchAgents
Then to load mysql now:
    launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.mysql.plist
Or, if you don't want/need launchctl, you can just run:
    mysql.server start
==> Summary
  /usr/local/Cellar/mysql/5.6.13: 9382 files, 354M
Eric-Reas-MacBook:~ ericrea$ brew postinstall mysql
==> /usr/local/Cellar/mysql/5.6.13/bin/mysql_install_db --verbose --user=ericrea
2013-10-22 18:33:22 57135 [Note] InnoDB: FTS optimize thread exiting.
2013-10-22 18:33:22 57135 [Note] InnoDB: Starting shutdown...
2013-10-22 18:33:23 57135 [Note] InnoDB: Shutdown completed; log sequence number 1626087
2013-10-22 18:33:23 57135 [Note] /usr/local/Cellar/mysql/5.6.13/bin/mysqld: Shutdown complete


READ THIS: https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/wiki/troubleshooting

These open issues may also help:
    https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/issues/22021
    https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/pull/22480