Install MySQL Percona Server on CentOS

gistfile1.sh

# Add Percona repository
rpm -Uhv http://www.percona.com/downloads/percona-release/percona-release-0.0-1.x86_64.rpm

# Install
yum install Percona-Server-client-55 Percona-Server-server-55

# Set root password
mysql -u root

mysql> use mysql;
mysql> update user set password=PASSWORD("PASSWORD") where user='root';
mysql> flush privileges;
mysql> quit;