sqlcmd not available after installing mssql-tools

Question

I'm trying to access sql server database so i need sqlcmd but after following microsoft docs here and here. Running sqlcmd returns:

 sqlcmd: command not found 

and I do have mssql-tools installed:

amir@amir-pc:~$ sudo apt-get install mssql-tools
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
mssql-tools is already the newest version (14.0.2.0-1).

What am i missing? Also i'm on 16.10 and i had no problem installing it on 16.04

Solution 1

Quoting the page you linked to:

Optional Step: Create symlinks to 'SQLCMD' and 'BCP' under /usr/bin/.

ln -sfn /opt/mssql-tools/bin/sqlcmd-13.0.1.0 /usr/bin/sqlcmd 
ln -sfn /opt/mssql-tools/bin/bcp-13.0.1.0 /usr/bin/bcp

Solution 2

1. Add the path either to ~/.bash_profile or ~/.profile if you don't have .bash_profile in your home directory.

   export PATH="$PATH:/opt/mssql-tools/bin" 
   

2. Add the following path to your ~/.bashrc file

   export PATH="$PATH:/opt/mssql-tools/bin"
   

3. Don't forget to update the path configuration by issuing the following command in your terminal window:

   source ~/.bashrc
   

Comments

[Asim]

The commands might not work as it is, I had to remove the version numbers from binary paths like so: ln -sfn /opt/mssql-tools/bin/sqlcmd /usr/bin/sqlcmd