From inspecting platform package managers on 3/26/2013.
|-----------------+------------------------+------------------+------------| | distro | package name | software version | repository | |-----------------+------------------------+------------------+------------| | centos-5.x | mysql-server | 5.0.95 | base | |-----------------+------------------------+------------------+------------| | centos-5.x | mysql51-mysql-server | 5.1.70 | base | |-----------------+------------------------+------------------+------------| | centos-5.x | mysql55-mysql-server | 5.5.36 | base | |-----------------+------------------------+------------------+------------| | centos-6.x | mysql-server | 5.1.73 | base | |-----------------+------------------------+------------------+------------| | amazon-2013.09 | mysql-server | 5.1.73 | base | |-----------------+------------------------+------------------+------------| | fedora-19 | community-mysql-server | 5.5.35 | base | |-----------------+------------------------+------------------+------------| | debian-7.x | mysql-server-5.5 | 5.5.33 | main | |-----------------+------------------------+------------------+------------| | ubuntu-10.04 | mysql-server-5.1 | 5.1.41 | main | |-----------------+------------------------+------------------+------------| | ubuntu-12.04 | mysql-server-5.5 | 5.5.22 | main | |-----------------+------------------------+------------------+------------| | ubuntu-13.10 | mysql-server-5.5 | 5.5.32 | main | |-----------------+------------------------+------------------+------------| | smartos-1303 | mysql-server-5.5 | 5.5.33 | 2013Q3 | |-----------------+------------------------+------------------+------------| | smartos-1303 | mysql-server-5.6 | 5.6.13 | 2013Q3 | |-----------------+------------------------+------------------+------------| | omnios-151006 | mysql-55 | 5.5.31 | omniti-ms | |-----------------+------------------------+------------------+------------| | omnios-151006 | mysql-65 | 5.6.13 | omniti-ms | |-----------------+------------------------+------------------+------------|