Ubuntu install mysql-connector-java for java to connect MySQL database

Ubuntu install mysql-connector-java for java to connect MySQL database
1. Download mysql-connector-java from https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/j/
2. Unzip mysql-connector-java-*.tar.gz
3. Copy mysql-connector-java-*-bin.jar to %JAVA_HOME%/jre/lib/ext/
4. Run the following test case:

Connection conn = null;
String url = "jdbc:mysql://localhost/cookbook";
String userName = "userName";
String password = "password";
try
{
    Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver").newInstance();
    conn = DriverManager.getConnection(url, userName, password);
    System.out.println("Connected");
}
catch (Exception e)
{
    System.err.println("Cannot connect to server");
    System.exit(1);
}
if (conn != null)
{
    try
    {
        conn.close();
        System.out.println("Disconnected");
    }
    catch (Exception e)
    { /* ignore close errors */ }
 }