Instructions ------------ From any Linux workstation or server, you should be able to run the following command to connect to the database server: mysql -h db.eg.bucknell.edu -u username -p dbname (NOTE: You will be prompted for the password) The website for MySQL is: www.mysql.com and documentation is at: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/ To run java program with mysql, you need to set up the CLASSPATH environmental variable in Linux. In your home directory, add the following line to the file .cshrc using any text editor. setenv CLASSPATH /usr/share/java/mysql-connector-java.jar:${CLASSPATH} Once successfully added, either log out the system and log back in, or execute the following shell command at the command prompt in your home directory source .cshrc You should be ready now to compile and run java mysql related programs.