MySQL 5.1 to MySQL 5.6 Upgrade

Note: First take the existing mysql 5.1 db backup using the command
mysqldump $dbname > $outputfilename.sqlsbr

Steps to Upgrade 5.6:

yum remove libaio -y

wget http://repo.mysql.com/mysql-community-release-el6-5.noarch.rpm

rpm -ivh mysql-community-release-el6-5.noarch.rpm

yum install mysql-server -y

/etc/init.d/mysqld start