Installing MySQL 5.6 on CentOS Using YUM

Installing MySQL 5.6 on CentOS Using YUM :-

Below Steps to install MySQL 5.6 on CentOS :-

You will need to be running as a root user.

Step 1. Need to remove the default mysql-libs that come with CentOS and replace them with the ones from Oracle.

> yum remove mysql-libs

Step 2. clean up the cache

> yum clean dbcache

Step 3. Get the latest release from Oracle

> wget http://dev.mysql.com/get/mysql-community-release-el6-5.noarch.rpm/from/http://repo.mysql.com/

Step 4. Install the release

> yum localinstall mysql-community-release-el6-*.noarch.rpm

Step 5. Install the MySQL Community Server

> yum install mysql-community-server

Step 6. Start MySQL 5.6

> service mysqld start

Step 7. Set it up so that MySQL starts automatically on reboot:

> chkconfig mysqld on

> chkconfig --list mysqld