Did you solved the problem? I'm facing the same problem with you. And I tried all methods mentioned above, but it didn't work Here is my exceptions [root@cos1 ~]# sqoop list-tables --connect jdbc:mysql://192.168.2.190/experiment3 --username scott -P 17/12/15 19:17:36 INFO sqoop.Sqoop: Running Sqoop version: 1.4.6 Enter password: 17/12/15 19:17:41 INFO manager.MySQLManager: Preparing to use a MySQL streaming resultset. 17/12/15 19:17:41 ERROR sqoop.Sqoop: Got exception running Sqoop: java.lang.RuntimeException: Could not load db driver class: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver java.lang.RuntimeException: Could not load db driver class: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver at org.apache.sqoop.manager.SqlManager.makeConnection(SqlManager.java:856) at org.apache.sqoop.manager.GenericJdbcManager.getConnection(GenericJdbcManager.java:52) at org.apache.sqoop.manager.CatalogQueryManager.listTables(CatalogQueryManager.java:102) at org.apache.sqoop.tool.ListTablesTool.run(ListTablesTool.java:49) at org.apache.sqoop.Sqoop.run(Sqoop.java:143) at org.apache.hadoop.util.ToolRunner.run(ToolRunner.java:70) at org.apache.sqoop.Sqoop.runSqoop(Sqoop.java:179) at org.apache.sqoop.Sqoop.runTool(Sqoop.java:218) at org.apache.sqoop.Sqoop.runTool(Sqoop.java:227) at org.apache.sqoop.Sqoop.main(Sqoop.java:236) Here is my screenshot I'm using sqoop-1.4.6, hadoop-2.7.4 and mysql-connecctor-java-5.1.38.jar @rajdip chaudhuri @Artem Ervits ... View more