I cannot install MySQL JDBC driver on Ubuntu 16.04 - jdbc

Question

I downloaded the MySQL JDBC driver to connect Scala to a MySQL database, but I cannot install it with java -jar mysql-connector-java-5.1.45-bin.jar. It says, no main manifest attribute, in mysql-connector-java-5.1.45-bin.jar
I cannot find any MANIFEST.MF file.
Any help would be appreciated.
EDIT: warnings after I run sbt run
[info] Loading project definition from /home/alessandro/Scala/tests/project
[info] Loading settings from build.sbt ...
[info] Set current project to MyProject (in build file:/home/alessandro/Scala/tests/)
[info] Running tests.ScalaJdbcConnectSelect
Sun Feb 18 21:51:33 CET 2018 WARN: Establishing SSL connection without server's identity verification is not recommended. According to MySQL 5.5.45+, 5.6.26+ and 5.7.6+ requirements SSL connection must be established by default if explicit option isn't set. For compliance with existing applications not using SSL the verifyServerCertificate property is set to 'false'. You need either to explicitly disable SSL by setting useSSL=false, or set useSSL=true and provide truststore for server certificate verification.
com.mysql.jdbc.exceptions.jdbc4.MySQLSyntaxErrorException: Table 'pmanager.user' doesn't exist
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:62)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45)
at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:488)
at com.mysql.jdbc.Util.handleNewInstance(Util.java:425)
at com.mysql.jdbc.Util.getInstance(Util.java:408)
at com.mysql.jdbc.SQLError.createSQLException(SQLError.java:944)
at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.checkErrorPacket(MysqlIO.java:3973)
at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.checkErrorPacket(MysqlIO.java:3909)
at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.sendCommand(MysqlIO.java:2527)
at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.sqlQueryDirect(MysqlIO.java:2680)
at com.mysql.jdbc.ConnectionImpl.execSQL(ConnectionImpl.java:2480)
at com.mysql.jdbc.ConnectionImpl.execSQL(ConnectionImpl.java:2438)
at com.mysql.jdbc.StatementImpl.executeQuery(StatementImpl.java:1381)
at tests.ScalaJdbcConnectSelect$.delayedEndpoint$tests$ScalaJdbcConnectSelect$1(ScalaJdbcConnectSelect.scala:16)
at tests.ScalaJdbcConnectSelect$delayedInit$body.apply(ScalaJdbcConnectSelect.scala:5)
at scala.Function0.apply$mcV$sp(Function0.scala:34)
at scala.Function0.apply$mcV$sp$(Function0.scala:34)
at scala.runtime.AbstractFunction0.apply$mcV$sp(AbstractFunction0.scala:12)
at scala.App.$anonfun$main$1$adapted(App.scala:76)
at scala.collection.immutable.List.foreach(List.scala:389)
at scala.App.main(App.scala:76)
at scala.App.main$(App.scala:74)
at tests.ScalaJdbcConnectSelect$.main(ScalaJdbcConnectSelect.scala:5)
at tests.ScalaJdbcConnectSelect.main(ScalaJdbcConnectSelect.scala)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:564)
at sbt.Run.invokeMain(Run.scala:93)
at sbt.Run.run0(Run.scala:87)
at sbt.Run.execute$1(Run.scala:65)
at sbt.Run.$anonfun$run$4(Run.scala:77)
at scala.runtime.java8.JFunction0$mcV$sp.apply(JFunction0$mcV$sp.java:12)
at sbt.util.InterfaceUtil$$anon$1.get(InterfaceUtil.scala:10)
at sbt.TrapExit$App.run(TrapExit.scala:252)
at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:844)
[success] Total time: 3 s, completed Feb 18, 2018, 9:51:34 PM

Answer 1

UPDATE:
I found two options:
The first
In your build.sbt replace line
libraryDependencies += "mysql" % "mysql-connector-java" % "5.1.24"
with this:
libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
"mysql" % "mysql-connector-java" % "5.1.16"
)
In command line:
sbt compile
sbt run
The second
Use this in command line:
set fullClasspath in Compile += Attributed.blank(file("path-to-your-connector-jar"))
sbt compile
sbt run
After that, the problem with the driver should disappear, but check the data to connect to the database.
BEFORE UPDATE:
In your project on Scala you also can use this:
package tests
import java.sql.{Connection,DriverManager}
object ScalaJdbcConnectSelect extends App {
// connect to the database named "mysql" on port 8889 of localhost
val url = "jdbc:mysql://localhost:8889/mysql"
val driver = "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver"
val username = "root"
val password = "root"
var connection:Connection = _
try {
Class.forName(driver)
connection = DriverManager.getConnection(url, username, password)
val statement = connection.createStatement
val rs = statement.executeQuery("SELECT host, user FROM user")
while (rs.next) {
val host = rs.getString("host")
val user = rs.getString("user")
println("host = %s, user = %s".format(host,user))
}
} catch {
case e: Exception => e.printStackTrace
}
connection.close
}
Link to source 1
Link to source 2

Answer 2

Please read this line:
com.mysql.jdbc.exceptions.jdbc4.MySQLSyntaxErrorException: Table 'pmanager.user' doesn't exist
Check if there is such a table. If so, leave characters after the point (user).