When trying to import large SQL dump, you often get the above message. Remedy for this issue is to increase the packet size of MySQL’s daemon by setting a packet size of max_allowed_packet. Sudo to your account and set the following

root $ mysql -u admin -p

mysql> set global net_buffer_length=1000000;

mysql> set global max_allowed_packet=1000000000;

In the command line, issue the command

$ mysql –max_allowed_packet=128M -uUSER -pPASSWORD database < database.sql.dump