Driver class 'org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver' could not be found

Driver class 'org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver' could not be found, make sure the 'MySQL' driver (jar file) is installed. org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver

Issue : Creating connection with MySQL with kettle, was using 

• Data Integration Kettle version 9.0
• Mysql Driver version 8.0.25

Error

Driver class 'org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver' could not be found, make sure the 'MySQL' driver (jar file) is installed. org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver

Solution

Get version 5 latest driver from url https://downloads.mysql.com/archives/c-j/  (it is 5.1.49)