whereis mysql yum remove mysql-libs yum clean dbcache wget http://repo.mysql.com/mysql-community-release-el6-5.noarch.rpm rpm -ivh mysql-community-release-el6-5.noarch.rpm yum install mysql-community-server service mysqld start mysql -uroot use mysql; update user set password=PASSWORD("YOUR_PASSWORD") where user='root'; flush privileges; quit mysql -uroot -p