These simple steps install and start MySQL database server on Fedora 20:

• Install the package “community-mysql-server”: # yum -y install community-mysql-server
• Start the daemon service: # systemctl start mysqld.service
• Enable the daemon service: # systemctl enable mysqld.service
• Connect to MySQL: # mysql -u root. Type Enter
• Set the root password: mysql> set password for root@localhost=password(‘password’);

You can replace the localhost with your domain or IP address.

• Delete anonymous users: mysql> delete from mysql.user where user=”;
• mysql> exit

If you forgot the root password, do these:

• # mysqld_safe –skip-grant-tables &
• mysql> use mysql;
  mysql> update user set password=PASSWORD(“New-Password”) where User=’root’;
  mysql> flush privileges;
  mysql> quit
• # systemctl stop mysqld
• # systemctl start mysqld
• # mysql -u root -p