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Assuming that you already have MySQL installed, the next step is to install the connector driver. You can do this easily on the CLI by using the following command:

sudo apt-get install libmysql-java

The next step is to make sure that the classpath is set. You can have this set automatically by adding this command to you bashrc file.

export CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:/usr/share/java/mysql-connector-java.jar

If you want to set this for all users, you should modify the /etc/environment instead.

For those using Eclipse, you can also do this by going through the following steps:

1. Select Project Properties > Java Build Path
2. Select Libries tab
3. Click Add External Jars
4. Choose the jar file, in this case mysql-connector-java.java

Once you’re done, you can test the connection using the following snippet:

import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;

class JDBCTest {

	private static final String url = "jdbc:mysql://localhost";

	private static final String user = "username";

	private static final String password = "password";

	public static void main(String args[]) {
		try {
			Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection(url, user, password);
			System.out.println("Success");

		} catch (Exception e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
		}
	}
}