From now, this stable version (Generally Available (GA) Release) is available in the remi repository for fedora, and so will replace the 5.1 version. It stay for some time in the  remi-test repository for Enterprise Linux (but I don't plan to maintain 5.1 package for a long time).

To read :

This build use a spec file close to the one from Rawhide

WARNING: before upgrading, a full backup of your databases seems mandatory (a logical dump using mysqldump for example).

 

Simplest way to install is to use  yum !

yum --enablerepo remi-test update mysql-server

For whose who prefer the download and manual installation, see the repository

Running the mysql_upgrade command is mandatory. It checks all tables in all databases for incompatibilities with the current version of MySQL Server. If a table is found to have a possible incompatibility, it is checked. If any problems are found, the table is repaired. In all case, reading the documentation is recommended:

The service init script have been improved to allow to launch simply, if needed, the service in rescue mode (without password, but without network)

# start in rescue mode (with --skip-grant-tables and --skip-networking options)
service mysqld startsos
mysql_upgrade
# re-launch in normal mode
service mysqld restart

Attention Notice : since version 5.5.10, the client library jump to version 18. So, all softwares that use it must be updated. Those build with version 16 will work with the compat-mysql51 package..

Packages available for fedora >= 8.

Packages available for enterprise linux >= 4 (running on this server).