How To Install mysql-connector-java.noarch on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install mysql-connector-java.noarch in Amazon Linux 2. mysql-connector-java.noarch is Official JDBC driver for MySQL

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mysql-connector-java.noarch on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `mysql-connector-java.noarch`

MySQL Connector/J is a native Java driver that converts JDBC (Java Database Connectivity) calls into the network protocol used by the MySQL database. It lets developers working with the Java programming language easily build programs and applets that interact with MySQL and connect all corporate data, even in a heterogeneous environment. MySQL Connector/J is a Type IV JDBC driver and has a complete JDBC feature set that supports the capabilities of MySQL.

We can use yum to install mysql-connector-java.noarch on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mysql-connector-java.noarch.

Install mysql-connector-java.noarch on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install mysql-connector-java.noarch using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mysql-connector-java.noarch

How To Uninstall mysql-connector-java.noarch on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the mysql-connector-java.noarch package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove mysql-connector-java.noarch

mysql-connector-java.noarch Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/share/doc/mysql-connector-java-5.1.25
/usr/share/doc/mysql-connector-java-5.1.25/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/mysql-connector-java-5.1.25/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/mysql-connector-java-5.1.25/docs
/usr/share/doc/mysql-connector-java-5.1.25/docs/README.txt
/usr/share/doc/mysql-connector-java-5.1.25/docs/connector-j.html
/usr/share/doc/mysql-connector-java-5.1.25/docs/connector-j.pdf
/usr/share/java/mysql-connector-java.jar
/usr/share/maven-fragments/mysql-connector-java
/usr/share/maven-poms/JPP-mysql-connector-java.pom

References

mysql-connector-java.noarch website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mysql-connector-java.noarch on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.