Re: MySQL Workbench 5.1.9 Beta available

I'm on Ubuntu 8.10 and tried your instructions and it fails:

$ tail /etc/apt/sources.list
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security main
restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security multiverse
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/banshee-team/ppa/ubuntu intrepid main
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/do-core/ppa/ubuntu intrepid main
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/

Notice how your lines look nothing like the other lines in there?!

$ sudo apt-get update
....
Get:7 ftp://ftp.mysql.com binary/
Release.gpg                                  
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net intrepid/main
Packages                            
Get:8 http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/main Packages
[96.7kB]
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net intrepid/main
Packages                            
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/multiverse
Packages          
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/multiverse
Sources     
Get:9 http://ppa.launchpad.net intrepid/main Packages
[3473B]            
Ign ftp://ftp.mysql.com binary/
Release.gpg                                    
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net intrepid/main
Packages                      
Get:10 ftp://ftp.mysql.com binary/ Translation-en_US   
Ign ftp://ftp.mysql.com binary/ Translation-en_US                      
Get:11 http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/restricted Packages
[3491B]
Get:12 http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/main Sources
[27.3kB]
Get:13 ftp://ftp.mysql.com source/ Release.gpg
Get:14 http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/restricted Sources
[1154B]
Get:15 http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/universe Packages
[37.1kB]
Ign ftp://ftp.mysql.com source/ Release.gpg                             
Get:16 http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/universe Sources
[6238B]
Get:17 http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/multiverse Packages
[6710B]
Get:18 http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/multiverse Sources
[1860B]
Get:19 ftp://ftp.mysql.com binary/ Release               
Ign ftp://ftp.mysql.com binary/ Release
Get:20 ftp://ftp.mysql.com source/ Release
Ign ftp://ftp.mysql.com source/ Release
Get:21 ftp://ftp.mysql.com binary/ Packages
Ign ftp://ftp.mysql.com binary/
Packages                                       
Get:22 ftp://ftp.mysql.com source/
Sources                                     
Ign ftp://ftp.mysql.com source/
Sources                                        
Get:23 ftp://ftp.mysql.com binary/ Packages
[653B]                             
Get:24 ftp://ftp.mysql.com source/ Sources
[488B]                              
Fetched 284kB in 9s
(30.1kB/s)                                                 
Reading package lists... Done

$ sudo apt-get install mysql-workbench
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package mysql-workbench

Anyways, I just downloaed the .deb file directly and ran:

sudo dpkg --install ./mysql-workbench-oss-5.1.9-1_i386.deb

I'm disappointed to see that I STILL cannot connect to a remote database
to reverse engineer the schema. :-(

-----Original Message-----
From: Johannes Taxacher <[email protected]>
To: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: MySQL Workbench 5.1.9 Beta availabe
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 00:21:50 +0100


Dear MySQL users,

we are proud to announce the release of the first official Beta of
MySQL Workbench 5.1, the next highly anticipated version of our database
GUI tool - MySQL Workbench. For the first time we are making an
announcement for all our major platforms at the same time: OSX, Linux  
and Windows.

MySQL Workbench 5.1 has some major improvement over our current 5.0  
release,
many of them might not be that visible when looking at the UI only. We  
did a
major overhaul under the hood in addition to enhance usability and  
adding some
features. On top of it, we moved some features to 5.1 OSS, that were  
only
available in SE edition for 5.0 (like different notation styles i.e.).
The editors have been tuned to startup more quickly, and some of them  
also
got face lifted. All Wizards have been revamped using our new mForms  
library.

Again we say "thank you" to all folks helping with testing our
work-in-progress-versions, reporting problems, building the source on
different distros and letting us know how it works out. Please keep up
the good work!

MySQL Workbench OSS 5.1.9 Beta - Linux/OS X/Windows
---------------------------------------------------
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


Remember, this is still a beta release so please don't use this on your
production-level-files yet!

This release is the next public version right after 5.1.7 alpha. If you
wonder about 5.1.8 - it was an internal pre-beta release only.

If you need any help don't hesitate to contact us. Post in our forums,
leave comments on our blog pages or if you want to get in touch directly
you can visit us on our IRC channel #workbench on irc.freenode.net.
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