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On Wed, 8 Dec 2021 at 19:21, Piper H <potthua@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello again,
>
> Sorry for this silly question.
> I downloaded the JDBC drive from mysql website:
> https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/j/
>

Hi.

Just for your information, because you might not realise:

Debian is a huge project that attempts to ensure the
compatibility of every piece of software on your machine.

If you download software from other sources, like you
did from mysql.com above, then you will break Debian's
methods for managing software compatibility on your
machine.

If you get a .deb package from somewhere that is not
Debian, then that package is NOT part of Debian.
It uses Debian packaging methods to create the .deb
file, but it has NOT been integrated by Debian for compatibility
with a Debian release.

This incompatibility can cause your installation to become
unusable, immediately, or later.

Plus, folks from Debian won't be interested in helping you
to fix those issues. Because from their perspective, they
will see that you broke your Debian system by installing a
foreign package.

So for a problem-free experience with Debian, the
ideal approach is to only install packages provided
by Debian through one of its official repositories.

More information on this topic is provided here:
  https://wiki.debian.org/DontBreakDebian

Please do read that. Ask here if you have any questions.

It is important to understand that Debian is intended to
be used by people for whom this restriction is not a problem.
Not only that, but it is the philosophy of the Debian project
and the reason why Debian is what it is. There are dozens
of different Linux distributions, several different package
management systems, and each comes with a different
approach to solving the software compatibility problem.

I hope this information helps you.

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question about a .deb file Piper H <potthua@gmail.com> - 2021-12-08 09:30 +0100
  Re: question about a .deb file Stanislav Vlasov <stanislav.v.v@gmail.com> - 2021-12-08 09:40 +0100
    Re: question about a .deb file Piper H <potthua@gmail.com> - 2021-12-08 10:20 +0100
      Re: question about a .deb file john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2021-12-08 10:30 +0100
        Re: question about a .deb file Tim Woodall <debianuser@woodall.me.uk> - 2021-12-09 09:00 +0100
          Re: question about a .deb file john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2021-12-10 05:50 +0100
            Re: question about a .deb file David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-12-10 06:10 +0100
            Re: question about a .deb file Cindy Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2021-12-10 06:50 +0100
              Re: question about a .deb file David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-12-10 07:10 +0100
  Re: question about a .deb file David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2021-12-08 11:30 +0100
    Re: question about a .deb file Piper H <potthua@gmail.com> - 2021-12-08 11:50 +0100

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