Error installing newer version of MySQL on red hat enterprise 5.6 (no replies)

Hi there I am currently trying to upgrade my version of MySQL on a red-hat enterprise 5.6. I have removed the MySQL version that this was shipped with and I am trying to install version 5.1.59.

I install the distribution fine and then issue the command:

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/usr/bin/mysql_secure_installation
I run through this installation fine but then I try to check the status and restart MySQL with:

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service mysql status

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Service mysql restart

But I get these errors respectively:

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MySQL is not running, but lock exists [FAILED]

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MySQL manager or server PID file could not be found!
Starting MySQL ........... Manager of pid-file quit without updating file.
Thanks in advance for any help received.


[update]
Since this post I tried installing again but this time I couldn't complete this:

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/usr/bin/mysql_secure_installation
when it asks for the current root password I enter the password it comes back with:

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ERROR 2002 (HY000): can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)