How to Include libraries (Jar's/Packages/ClassNotFoundException/Classpath)

Question

Ive spent hours looking for a solution, So maby i making a simple human error which i cant find.
Im unfamiliar with using packages.
I have created a program that use the JDBC libary. However i need to distribute this program and keep getting a ClassNotFoundException which is throw by:
String s = "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver";
Class.forName(s);I would like to have the "mysql-connector-java-bin.jar" file inside my main jar file However I think this may be very complex so i assume it would be easier to have it in the same directory as the main jar file.
I create my main jar file with:
jar cmf mainClass.txt Main.jar *.class mysql-connector-java-bin.jarI also jarsigner but i wouldn't expect this to case this problem.
mainClass.txt
Main-Class: MyClassFile
Class-Path: mysql-connector-java-bin.jar
Sealed: trueAny ideas what im doing wrong? or How i could solve this problem?
Do i need to write a program which installs the JDBC on their system?
Is there an easy solution?
Any advice would be greatly appriacted.
Thanks,

Answer 1

ty for the reply
I now create my jar file with:
jar cmf mainClass.txt Main.jar *.classand the "mysql-connector-java-bin.jar" is still in same directory as my main.jar file
Ive also replaced the "mysql-connector-java-bin.jar" to make sure it hasnt been corrupted somehow.
However i still get the same error.
the stackTrace is:
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver
        at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
        at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
        at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
        at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(Unknown Source)
        at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
        at java.lang.Class.forName(Unknown Source)
        at SQLConnection.<init>(SQLConnection.java:18)SQLConnection a class i have created.and the lines 17 and 18 are posted in my first post.
Anyideas?