Update MySQL version from 5.1 to 5.5 in CentOS 6.2

Question

I tried to update MySQL from 5.1 to 5.5 in CentOS 6.2. The following is the process I did:

1. rpm -Uvh http://repo.webtatic.com/yum/centos/5/latest.rpm
2. yu         


        

Answer 1

I used the following commands to add a new YUM repo and make the update:

Download the Remi repo

cd /etc/yum.repos.d
wget http://rpms.famillecollet.com/enterprise/remi.repo

Install/Update the mysql version

yum --enablerepo=remi install mysql-server

OR

yum --enablerepo=remi update mysql-server