On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 02:23:35PM +0100, Elmar Dolgener wrote: > While direct connectors and odbc currently don't work, jdbc remains as a > last resort.
Can you spare this bug which is about the mysql connector with this info? It's not related to this bug and besides that it#'s bad advice. See below. > For all companions in misfuture, as there are many details to miss a > successful setup, a short summary: Sorry, those steps are hilarious. > 1) apt-get install oracle-java8-installer Debian contains the JDK. No need for oracle-java8-installer > 2) Download "mariadb mariadb-connector-j" from > [1]https://mariadb.com/kb/en/library/about-mariadb-connector-j/ Debian contains libmysql-java which is the same for MySQL. (https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=libmysql-java) and as that client should be able to connect to MariaDB databases... > 3) Run LibreOffice (Base or any other module): open > Tools/Options/LibreOffice/Advanced/Class Path; > 4) Add "/your/path/to/mariadb-java-client-2.2.1.jar" (from step 2) as > "file" to the classpath, ... and that one should get picked up automatically if installed. (see https://salsa.debian.org/libreoffice-team/libreoffice/libreoffice/blob/master/patches/jdbc-driver-classpaths.diff) Regards, Rene
