ERROR 2006 (HY000) at line 149351: MySQL server has gone away

I get this error while I was trying to import a Mysql dump file.

In order to solve this issue :

Locate and edit the my.cnf file your server is currently using.

In the [mysqld] section alter the max_allowed_packet settings to something like 

[mysqld] 

max_allowed_packet=32M 

After Altering the configuration file, restart the mysql server.

 

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