一、检查系统中是否已经安装过mysql。
rpm -qa | grep mysql
如果存在，则需要删除。
yum -y remove mysql*
继续检查一下是否还存在mysql
rpm -qa | grep -i mysql
二、下载rpm包。
需要下载：
MySQL-client-5.6.15-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
MySQL-devel-5.6.15-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
MySQL-server-5.6.15-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
逐一执行命令：
wget http://cdn.mysql.com/archives/mysql-5.6/MySQL-client-5.6.15-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
wget http://cdn.mysql.com/archives/mysql-5.6/MySQL-devel-5.6.15-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
wget http://cdn.mysql.com/archives/mysql-5.6/MySQL-server-5.6.15-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
三、依次安装
rpm -ivh MySQL-server-5.6.15-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
rpm -ivh MySQL-devel-5.6.15-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
rpm -ivh MySQL-client-5.6.15-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
四、 初始化MySQL及设置密码
cp /usr/share/mysql/my-default.cnf /etc/my.cnf
cat /root/.mysql_secret 记录最后的密码
mysql -p ---输入记录的密码，即可登录mysql。
set password for 'root'@'localhost' =password('新密码');
flush privileges; //刷新权限设置
五、配置数据库编码格式
登录MySQL查看用SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'character%';下字符集，显示如下：
+--------------------------+----------------------------+
| Variable_name | Value |
+--------------------------+----------------------------+
| character_set_client | utf8 |
| character_set_connection | utf8 |
| character_set_database | latin1 |
| character_set_filesystem | binary |
| character_set_results | utf8 |
| character_set_server | latin1 |
| character_set_system | utf8 |
| character_sets_dir | /usr/share/mysql/charsets/ |
+--------------------------+----------------------------+
character_set_database和character_set_server的默认字符集还是latin1。
最简单的完美修改方法，修改mysql的my.cnf文件中的字符集键值（注意配置的字段细节）：
1、在[client]字段里加入default-character-set=utf8，如下：
[client]
port = 3306
socket = /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock
default-character-set=utf8
2、在[mysqld]字段里加入character-set-server=utf8，如下：
[mysqld]
port = 3306
socket = /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock
character-set-server=utf8
sql_mode=NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION,STRICT_TRANS_TABLES
3、在[mysql]字段里加入default-character-set=utf8，如下：
[mysql]
no-auto-rehash
default-character-set=utf8
修改完成后，service mysql restart重启mysql服务就生效，并flush privileges; //刷新权限设置。
使用SHOW
VARIABLES LIKE ‘character%’;查看，发现数据库编码全已改成utf8。
+--------------------------+----------------------------+
| Variable_name | Value |
+--------------------------+----------------------------+
| character_set_client | utf8 |
| character_set_connection | utf8 |
| character_set_database | utf8 |
| character_set_filesystem | binary |
| character_set_results | utf8 |
| character_set_server | utf8 |
| character_set_system | utf8 |
| character_sets_dir | /usr/share/mysql/charsets/ |
+--------------------------+----------------------------+