How do I install Microsoft SQL Server for linux (fedora)?

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Solution 1

Microsoft® SQL Server® ODBC Driver 1.0 for Linux is a linux driver for native connectivity to an MSSQL Server database.

MSSQL will only run on Windows. MSSQL 2017 onward you can install on linux server.

Solution 2

you can install MSSQL on Linux and on Windows. Solution would be to install Windows as a virtual machine and use the ODBC driver(helps you connect to MSSQL programmatically) which you found and use in linux .

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/52294.sql-server-installation-on-ubuntu.aspx

Solution 3

Nowadays you can install SQL Server on linux, but for now, only for Red Hat and Ubuntu and is still on Beta.

The following links tell you

How to install SQL Server in Ubuntu and Red Hat

Install SQL Server on Red Hat

Install SQL Server on Ubuntu

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Updated on March 03, 2020

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  • saplingPro
    saplingPro about 4 years

    How can I install Microsoft SQL Server for linux (fedora) ? I read about Microsoft® SQL Server® ODBC Driver 1.0 for Linux but haven't understood what is it. I wanted to connect to sql server for the java application operating on linux.