can't install phpmyadmyn sucesfully

[Eivar Armero]

Binary package hint: phpmyadmin

root@Odin:/var/www# dpkg-reconfigure phpmyadmin
dbconfig-common: writing config to /etc/dbconfig-common/phpmyadmin.conf
Replacing config file /etc/dbconfig-common/phpmyadmin.conf with new version
Replacing config file /etc/phpmyadmin/config-db.php with new version
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2).
unable to connect to mysql server.
error encountered creating user:
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)
dbconfig-common: phpmyadmin configure: ignoring errors from here forwards
populating database via sql... done.
dbconfig-common: flushing administrative password
 * Reloading web server config apache2 apache2: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.1.1 for ServerName
                                                                         [ OK ]
root@Odin:/var/www# mysql -u root -p
Enter password:
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ErrorMessage: el subproceso post-installation script devolvió el código de salida de error 1
Package: phpmyadmin 4:3.1.2-1ubuntu0.2
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: phpmyadmin
Title: package phpmyadmin 4:3.1.2-1ubuntu0.2 failed to install/upgrade: el subproceso post-installation script devolvió el código de salida de error 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-16-generic i686