Driver class ‘org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver‘ could not be found, make sure the ‘MySQL‘ driver (jar file)

问题描述：

kettle 测试连接数据库时，报错:

错误连接数据库 [kettle_localhost] : org.pentaho.di.core.exception.KettleDatabaseException: 
Error occurred while trying to connect to the database

Driver class 'org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver' could not be found, make sure the 'MySQL' driver (jar file) is installed.
org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver


org.pentaho.di.core.exception.KettleDatabaseException: 
Error occurred while trying to connect to the database

Driver class 'org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver' could not be found, make sure the 'MySQL' driver (jar file) is installed.
org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver


	at org.pentaho.di.core.database.Database.normalConnect(Database.java:472)
	at org.pentaho.di.core.database.Database.connect(Database.java:370)
	at org.pentaho.di.core.database.Database.connect(Database.java:341)
	at org.pentaho.di.core.database.Database.connect(Database.java:331)
	at org.pentaho.di.core.database.DatabaseFactory.getConnectionTestReport(DatabaseFactory.java:83)
	at org.pentaho.di.core.database.DatabaseFactory.getConnectionTestResults(DatabaseFactory.java:112)
	at org.pentaho.di.core.database.DatabaseMeta.testConnectionSuccess(DatabaseMeta.java:2811)
	at org.pentaho.ui.database.event.DataHandler.testDatabaseConnection(DataHandler.java:621)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
	at org.pentaho.ui.xul.impl.AbstractXulDomContainer.invoke(AbstractXulDomContainer.java:313)
	at org.pentaho.ui.xul.impl.AbstractXulComponent.invoke(AbstractXulComponent.java:157)
	at org.pentaho.ui.xul.impl.AbstractXulComponent.invoke(AbstractXulComponent.java:141)
	at org.pentaho.ui.xul.swt.tags.SwtButton.access$500(SwtButton.java:43)
	at org.pentaho.ui.xul.swt.tags.SwtButton$4.widgetSelected(SwtButton.java:137)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TypedListener.handleEvent(Unknown Source)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(Unknown Source)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.sendEvent(Unknown Source)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Unknown Source)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runDeferredEvents(Unknown Source)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Unknown Source)
	at org.eclipse.jface.window.Window.runEventLoop(Window.java:820)
	at org.eclipse.jface.window.Window.open(Window.java:796)
	at org.pentaho.di.ui.xul.KettleDialog.show(KettleDialog.java:80)
	at org.pentaho.di.ui.xul.KettleDialog.show(KettleDialog.java:47)
	at org.pentaho.di.ui.core.database.dialog.XulDatabaseDialog.open(XulDatabaseDialog.java:116)
	at org.pentaho.di.ui.core.database.dialog.DatabaseDialog.open(DatabaseDialog.java:61)
	at org.pentaho.di.ui.trans.step.BaseStepDialog.showDbDialogUnlessCancelledOrValid(BaseStepDialog.java:808)
	at org.pentaho.di.ui.trans.step.BaseStepDialog$AddConnectionListener.widgetSelected(BaseStepDialog.java:1487)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TypedListener.handleEvent(Unknown Source)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(Unknown Source)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.sendEvent(Unknown Source)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Unknown Source)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runDeferredEvents(Unknown Source)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Unknown Source)
	at org.pentaho.di.ui.trans.steps.tableinput.TableInputDialog.open(TableInputDialog.java:436)
	at org.pentaho.di.ui.spoon.delegates.SpoonStepsDelegate.editStep(SpoonStepsDelegate.java:120)
	at org.pentaho.di.ui.spoon.Spoon.editStep(Spoon.java:8662)
	at org.pentaho.di.ui.spoon.trans.TransGraph.editStep(TransGraph.java:3293)
	at org.pentaho.di.ui.spoon.trans.TransGraph.mouseDoubleClick(TransGraph.java:785)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TypedListener.handleEvent(Unknown Source)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(Unknown Source)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.sendEvent(Unknown Source)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Unknown Source)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runDeferredEvents(Unknown Source)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Unknown Source)
	at org.pentaho.di.ui.spoon.Spoon.readAndDispatch(Spoon.java:1381)
	at org.pentaho.di.ui.spoon.Spoon.waitForDispose(Spoon.java:7817)
	at org.pentaho.di.ui.spoon.Spoon.start(Spoon.java:9179)
	at org.pentaho.di.ui.spoon.Spoon.main(Spoon.java:707)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
	at org.pentaho.commons.launcher.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:92)
Caused by: org.pentaho.di.core.exception.KettleDatabaseException: 
Driver class 'org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver' could not be found, make sure the 'MySQL' driver (jar file) is installed.
org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver

	at org.pentaho.di.core.database.Database.connectUsingClass(Database.java:515)
	at org.pentaho.di.core.database.Database.normalConnect(Database.java:456)
	... 56 more
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver
	at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:381)
	at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:424)
	at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:357)
	at org.pentaho.di.core.database.Database.connectUsingClass(Database.java:490)
	... 57 more

提示的意思是缺少 MySQL 相关的 JDBC 驱动

解决：

1. 下载驱动

MySQL :: Download MySQL Connector/J (Archived Versions)https://downloads.mysql.com/archives/c-j/根据自己下载的情况下载驱动版本（下载5.1.48这个版本的驱动zip文件，8.0.28版本已经没那个驱动了，需要下载之前的版本）

2. 解压，并放入 lib 目录

将上图中的 mysql-connector-java-5.1.48.jar 文件复制到指定位置

 pdi-ce-8.2.0.0-342\data-integration\lib

3. 重新启动kettle