Installation is simple: download the zip or tar.gz file and unpack it somewhere. That is it.
Prerequisites: you need to have a JVM and you must have access to a MySQL database.
To use it, make sure the mysql-connector-java-3.1.14-bin.jar file is in your classpath.
If you are running a standalone client (
Java SE app), see the docs for the API calls you need to make to establish a connection.
If you are running a web app or other Java EE app, see the app server or web container documentation for how to set up and access a data source.