  | |  | Can 't find jdbc packages on RedHat Network | Can 't find jdbc packages on RedHat Network 2005-07-20 - By Ben
Back On Tue, 19 Jul 2005, Joshua Daniel Franklin wrote:
> On 7/19/05, Ben wrote: >> On Tue, 19 Jul 2005, Joshua Daniel Franklin wrote: >>> On 7/14/05, Ben wrote: >>>> there exist (since the release of U1, and haven't been listed as removed >>>> in following release notes for newer releases) packages with the names >>>> "mysql-jdbc" and "mysql-jdbc-tomcat". Yet for the life of me I can't >>>> find them anywhere. >>> >>> I don't remember ever using those RPMs. >> >> No-one seems to. Yet they're listed, plain as day. > > Another possibility is that they were removed because of the Red Hat > Application Server, which I believe switched to using JPackage.
They really should have been flagged as removed in the release notes for newer updates than U2 then.
>>> Try JPackage's mysql-connector-java (same as mysql.com's "Connector/J"): >>> >>> http://jpackage.org/rpm.php?id=2559 >> >> Thanks, but not what I need. > > What is it that you need, then? I thought you were looking for a MySQL JDBC > driver. If you just want one called "mysql-jdbc", it looks like there was > one in FC2 that you can download here: > > http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/fedora/2/i386/mysql-jdbc-3.0.8-2.noarch.html
I was hoping to stay within the supported packages set if I could. Work is very keen in remaining as under the RedHat Network umbrella as much as possible. Using FC2 RPMs probably invalidates that.
> By the way, the "-tomcat" package is just a symlink from > /usr/share/tomcat/common/lib/mysql-jdbc.jar -> > /usr/share/java/mysql-jdbc.jar But if you're going to be using Java with > RHEL, I highly recommend JPackage.
That I didn't know (seems obvious really). Thanks.
Ben -- Unix Support, MISD, University of Cambridge, England Plugger of wire, typer of keyboard, imparter of Clue Life Is Short. It's All Good.
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