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Amir Heshmati
Asked: 2017-01-12 21:40:44 +0800 CST

sqlcmd not available after installing mssql-tools

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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

server

2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    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
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    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
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