How to Upgrade MySQL 5.5 to 5.6 on Ubuntu 14.04

Check Your Operating System Version

Only servers running Ubuntu 14.04 can upgrade from MySQL 5.5 to MySQL 5.6.

If your server is using Ubuntu 12.04, do not attempt this upgrade.

You can check your server's Ubuntu version with the command:

lsb_release -r

Performing the Upgrade

First, log in to your server as the root user.

Then, run the following command to make a backup of your server's databases:

sudo -i mysqldump --lock-all-tables --all-databases --events --ignore-table=mysql.event > dump.sql

Now, perform the upgrade by running the following commands one-by-one:

sudo ln -s /etc/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.mysqld /etc/apparmor.d/disable

sudo invoke-rc.d apparmor restart

sudo replace log_slow_queries slow_query_log_file -- /etc/mysql/conf.d/mysqld_slow_log.cnf

sudo bash -c 'echo "slow_query_log = 1" >> /etc/mysql/conf.d/mysqld_slow_log.cnf'

sudo apt-get purge --assume-yes mysql-server mysql-server-5.5 mysql-server-core-5.5 mysql-client mysql-client-5.5 mysql-client-core-5.5

sudo apt-get update

export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive

sudo -E apt-get install --assume-yes mysql-server-5.6 mysql-client-5.6

If all of the commands completed successfully, the upgrade is complete and MySQL 5.6 is running on your server. If there were any problems, you should restore your server to a working snapshot you made before attempting the upgrade.

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