I had tried installing the mysql-connector-odbc_8.0.22-1ubuntu18.04_amd64.deb
package and it had complained about not finding the mysql-community-client-plugins package. I tried a few variations of apt-cache search mysql-community-client-plugins
to locate this additional package but nothing came up.
I have gone through the following steps to install from the more generic unix files - MySQL :: MySQL Connector/ODBC Developer Guide :: 4.2.2 Installing Connector/ODBC from a Binary Tarball Distribution
The drivers appear present:
$ myodbc-installer -d -l
MySQL ODBC 8.0 Driver
MySQL ODBC 8.0
When I try and make a connection from SPSS, I get the following warning: