I downloaded this for Ubuntu and installed (after installing libzip1 which was required BTW)
So, Workbench loads, but I don't see any way to connect to my mySQL server (I'm not running my DB locally as it has > 1/2 Billion rows). I did a quick search and found this rather disappointing page: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/workbench/en/wb-connection-wizard.html And the link below to download is for the FOSS version, but nowhere do I see a commercial download link? Crippling the tool in this way seems like a really bad idea. How do I know if I even want to buy it, if I don't know if it can handle a huge database properly. There are plenty of "modelers" out there, I've yet to find a good one however that don't require hours of re-arranging table-boxes. Wouldn't it be better to cripple by prohibiting "save" or "export" or something else? Not that I even think you should be crippling this tool to begin with -- especially for a linux version that is still Alpha!! The very robust and powerful http://www.modelright.com/ community edition would seem to be your closest competitor (unfortunately they are Windows only). d On Mon, 2009-02-02 at 18:21 +0100, Johannes Taxacher wrote: > Dear MySQL users, > > finally it's time to publish new material to show what we were up to > in the past weeks. This time we have the first "dual-platform-release" > of MySQL Workbench 5.1.7 alpha version - we published binaries for > linux and OS X along with the source package (also containing sources > for both platforms). > Please note, that in terms of UI linux- and OS X- versions aren't yet > on the same level of completeness. While we are nearly done having all > features onboard for the linux-build, we still have some more checkmarks > to fill on the osx checklist - but we are catching up. > For the Linux version printing is the biggest feature that is still > missing > (but you can already export PDFs of course). The Mac version has mostly > been improved in terms of stability. This second alpha for Mac is still > Intel only, but we are already preparing for building universal binaries > from next release on. > > A big "thank you" to all folks helping with trying our work-in-progress- > versions, reporting problems, building the source on different distros > and > letting us know how it works out. > > MySQL Workbench OSS 5.1.7 Alpha - Linux/OS X > -------------------------------------------- > General download page: > > http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/workbench > > > Binaries/Sources for Ubuntu 8.04 > > Add following 2 lines to your /etc/apt/sources.list: > > deb ftp://ftp.mysql.com/pub/mysql/download/gui-tools/ubuntu/ binary/ > deb-src ftp://ftp.mysql.com/pub/mysql/download/gui-tools/ubuntu/ > source/ > > To download and install the binary use the command > > apt-get update > > followed by > > apt-get install mysql-workbench > > > Build instructions for Ubuntu 8.04 > > http://dev.mysql.com/workbench/?page_id=152 > > > General infos on our Developer Central site at > > http://dev.mysql.com/workbench > > > Please don't use this yet on your production-level-files, as it's > still considered an alpha release! > > Some of you might be missing a release - 5.1.6 for Linux. No, you didn't > miss an announcement: For the purpose of unifying the releases for Linux > and Mac we simply didn't publish 5.1.6 last week. It was considered an > internal release only and now we're going public with alpha version > 5.1.7 > for both Linux and OS X. > > If you need any help don't hesitate to contact us. Keep an eye on our > development page http://wb.mysql.com where we post news and additional > infos about our progress. > > Have fun! > Johannes > > -- > > Johannes Taxacher, Software QA Engineer, Developer Tools, Database Group > Sun Microsystems, Ges.m.b.H >
