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IntelliJ IDEA: Unable to download MySqlDriver

I am using IntelliJ IDEA,and I want to configure MySQL database from the IDE: enter image description here

then fail: enter image description here

The error is:

Failed to download 'http://download.jetbrains.com/idea/jdbc-drivers/mysql-connector-java-5.1.40-bin.jar

I don't know why connection will time out.

I can download other things such as plugins from jetbrains, but except jdbc-drivers.

Solution

  • I recommend taking a look in IDEA's log files to see if they may have additional details as to why the download is timing out. From the menu go to Help > Show log.

    As a workaround, you can manually download the drivers and place them in the necessary location. Download bo the JAR and the mysql-connector-license.txt license file (from http://download.jetbrains.com/idea/jdbc-drivers/mysql-connector-license.txt of from MySQL directly). Place both files in the path {idea-config-dir}/jdbc-drivers/MySQL Connector/J/5.1.40 (modifying the version number if necessary). The location of the {idea-config-dir} can be looked up in the Directories used by the IDE to store settings, caches, plugins and logs help document. For example, c:\Users\User\.IntelliJIdea2017\config or ~/Library/Preferences/IntelliJIdea2017

    Thus, in the end, that directory should have two files:

    1. mysql-connector-java-5.1.40-bin.jar
    2. mysql-connector-license.txt