Install MySQL 5.5.30 on RHEL/CentOS 6-5, Fedora 18-12

This how-to guide is to install or upgrade your MySQL version on RHEL/CentOS 6-5 and Fedora 18,17/16/15/14/13/12 using Remi repository via YUM utility. But before moving into further steps let’s understand little bit about MySQL.

What is MySQL?

MySQL is an open source free relational database management system (RDBMS) released under GNU (General Public License). It is used to run multiple databases on any single server by providing multi-user access to each created database.

Install MySQL 5 5 30

Install MySQL 5.5.30 on RHEL 6-5, CentOS 6-5, and Fedora 18/17/16/15/14/13/12

Step 1: Installing Remi Repository

Firstly, we need to install the Remi repository on your selected Linux distributions.

For Fedora 18-12

## Install Remi Repository on Fedora 17, 16, 15
rpm -Uvh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm 
rpm -Uvh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm

## Fedora 18 ##
rpm -Uvh http://rpms.famillecollet.com/remi-release-18.rpm

## Fedora 17 ##
rpm -Uvh http://rpms.famillecollet.com/remi-release-17.rpm

## Fedora 16 ##
rpm -Uvh http://rpms.famillecollet.com/remi-release-16.rpm

## Fedora 15 ##
rpm -Uvh http://rpms.famillecollet.com/remi-release-15.rpm

## Fedora 14 ##
rpm -Uvh http://rpms.famillecollet.com/remi-release-14.rpm

## Fedora 13 ##
rpm -Uvh http://rpms.famillecollet.com/remi-release-13.rpm

## Fedora 12 ##
rpm -Uvh http://rpms.famillecollet.com/remi-release-12.rpm

For RHEL/CentOS 6-5

## Install Remi Repository on RHEL/CentOS 6.7-6.0 ##

 
 
rpm -Uvh http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/i386/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm  
rpm -Uvh http://mirrors.neusoft.edu.cn/epel/6/i386/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm  
rpm -Uvh http://packages.sw.be/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el6.rf.x86_64.rpm  
rpm -Uvh http://dl.iuscommunity.org/pub/ius/stable/Redhat/6/x86_64/epel-release-6-5.noarch.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://linux.mirrors.es.net/fedora-epel/6/x86_64/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://rpms.famillecollet.com/enterprise/remi-release-6.rpm 

## Install Remi Repository on RHEL/CentOS 5.4-5.0 ##
rpm -Uvh http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/5/i386/epel-release-5-4.noarch.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://rpms.famillecollet.com/enterprise/remi-release-5.rpm

Step 2. Checking MySQL 5.5.30 Availability

After, installing Remi repository on your system, then look for MySQL latest version using –enablerepo=remi switch option.

# yum --enablerepo=remi list mysql mysql-server

Sample Output:

Available Packages
mysql.i686		5.5.30-1.el6.remi	remi
mysql-server.i686	5.5.30-1.el6.remi       remi

Step 3: Updating or Installing MySQL 5.5.30

Once you see the latest MySQL version is available for installation, then follow below steps to update or install MySQL 5.5.30.

# yum --enablerepo=remi install mysql mysql-server

Step 4: Starting/Stopping MySQL Server

Follow the below command to start/stop of the MySQL service.

# /etc/init.d/mysqld start
# /etc/init.d/mysqld stop
# /etc/init.d/mysqld status

Step 5: Connecting to MySQL Server

Connecting to newly installed MySQL server by providing username and password. If you haven’t yet set any password for your MySQL installation the simply hit enter.

# mysql -u root -p

Sample Output:

[root@twiki ~]# mysql -u root -p
Enter password:
Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or g.
Your MySQL connection id is 1052
Server version: 5.5.30 MySQL Community Server (GPL) by Remi

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owners.

Type 'help;' or 'h' for help. Type 'c' to clear the current input statement.

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That’s it, you’ve successfully installed MySQL 5.5.30 on your system. If you’re having any trouble installing feel free to use our comment section for solutions.

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