Prior to running Setup to install the dotConnect for MySQL, you must already have the .NET Framework 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, or 4.8 installed on the computer. If the .NET Framework is not installed, the Setup program for the provider will fail.

If you do not use Direct mode dotConnect for MySQL requires available MySQL client library (libmysql.dll). In this case make libmysql.dll library available for applications by correcting PATH environment variable or by copying it to directory already contained in PATH.

If you use MySQL Embedded server you should use libmysqld.dll instead of libmysql.dll. Please refer to Using embedded server article for details.