sudo apt-get install mysql-server mysql-client

mysql -u root -p

CREATE DATABASE [name];

USE [name];

CREATE USER "[username]"@"[host]" IDENTIFIED BY "[password]";
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON * TO "[username]"@"[host]";

quit
mysql -u [username] -p
<enter password>
USE [databasename];

private Connection openConnection(String url, String user, String password) {
    Properties properties = new Properties();
    properties.put("user", user);
    properties.put("password", password);
    properties.put("characterEncoding", "UTF-8");
    properties.put("useUnicode", "true");

    Connection c;
    try {
        //Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver").newInstance();
        c = DriverManager.getConnection(url, properties);
    } catch (Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
        return null;
    }

    return c;
}

...

Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver").newInstance();
Connection sqlCon = openSQLCon("jdbc:mysql://[mysqlhost]:3306/[databasename]", "[username]", "[password]");

Statement st = sqlCon.createStatement();
st.execute("SQL STATEMENT");

sqlCon.close();