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
2 Answers
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
Add the path either to ~/.bash_profile or ~/.profile if you don't have .bash_profile in your home directory.
export PATH="$PATH:/opt/mssql-tools/bin"Add the following path to your ~/.bashrc file
export PATH="$PATH:/opt/mssql-tools/bin"Don't forget to update the path configuration by issuing the following command in your terminal window:
source ~/.bashrc
