Mysql Workbench on Ubuntu 14.10

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As a friendly tip for anyone else who:

Just upgraded to Ubuntu 14.10
Use Mysql Workbench a lot
Use the built in TCP/IP over SSH to connect to remote servers.

There’s a big chance that you saw this:

Problem

In Ubuntu 14.10 the package python-paramiko was upgraded to 1.15. The package is used by Python apps to create ssh connection. In version 1.15 it seems that paramiko has problem with some servers due to a mismatch in what protocols to support. End result is that your MySQL Workbench cant connect using an ssh connection

Solution

Downgrade to python-paramiko 1.10 that was shipped with Ubuntu 14.04.

Howto

Run these two commands in the terminal.

$ wget http://launchpadlibrarian.net/167351511/python-paramiko_1.10.1-1git1build1_all.deb

$ sudo dpkg -i python-paramiko_1.10.1-1git1build1_all.deb

Comments

5 responses to “Mysql Workbench on Ubuntu 14.10”

November 19, 2014
Rogerio Vieira Xavier
Excelent topic.
Solved my problem!!!
Thanks!!!
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January 11, 2015
Peter
This didn’t work for me. After installing the .deb paramiko 1.15.1 was installed according to pip:
$ pip freeze | grep paramiko
paramiko==1.15.1
Mysql Workbench was still failing with the same error. Downgrading with pip did the trick:
$ sudo pip install -U paramiko==1.10.1
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January 31, 2015
[email protected]
Peter, sorry to hear that my solutio didn’t work and thanks for sharing what worked for you.
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February 20, 2015
Nithaele
Problem solved.
Thanks !
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May 1, 2015
andrew
Worked a charm, thanks
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