Installing SQL Server 2012 on Linux Ubuntu

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  Hello,

  No, SQL Server only runs on Windows. You can connect to it through ODBC but you can't actually run the database engine on it. The ISO does not contain Linux ODBC drivers.

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  • Proposed as answer by Shanky_621MVP Saturday, December 21, 2013 7:07 AM
  • Marked as answer by Elvis Long Thursday, January 2, 2014 5:25 AM

  Saturday, December 21, 2013 5:27 AM
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  Hi Mike,

  Please also take a look at the following article regarding the Operating System requirement to install SQL Server:
  Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server 2012: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143506.aspx 

  As Sean said, we can connect to SQL Server via ODBC from Linux Ubuntu. Here are some articles for your reference, please see:
  SQL Server ODBC Driver: http://www.easysoft.com/products/data_access/odbc-sql-server-driver/index.html
  Connecting to Microsoft SQL Server using ODBC from Ubuntu Server: http://blog.jamesrossiter.co.uk/2011/03/08/connecting-to-microsoft-sql-server-using-odbc-from-ubuntu-server/

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  • Marked as answer by Elvis Long Thursday, January 2, 2014 5:25 AM

  Wednesday, December 25, 2013 1:40 PM
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  UPDATE: As of March 7, 2016, Microsoft announced that you can install Microsoft SQL Server on Linux! The core relational database capabilities are in preview today, and they are targeting availability in mid-2017. Source:

  http://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2016/03/07/announcing-sql-server-on-linux/#sm.00001kq7jsv325cwksqcszqwzi3o9

  
   
  

  • Proposed as answer by Brian Lewis (Midwest) Wednesday, April 13, 2016 4:55 PM
  • Edited by Sarah Jeanne SextonMicrosoft employee Wednesday, April 13, 2016 5:17 PM More information
  • Unproposed as answer by Brian Lewis (Midwest) Wednesday, April 13, 2016 5:25 PM

  Wednesday, April 13, 2016 4:53 PM
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  Try again.  This is very much preview functionality not available publicly.

  We are bringing the core relational database capabilities to preview today, and are targeting availability in mid-2017.
  ... The private preview of SQL Server on Linux is available starting today and we look forward to working with the community, our customers and our partners to bring it to market.

  Nice to see MS employees tag-teaming - and resurrecting all these old threads.

  Wednesday, April 13, 2016 5:11 PM
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  what if he used WINE?

  Wednesday, April 13, 2016 5:13 PM
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  The management studio can run on top of WINE (Wine Is Not an Emulator), but from a relationship database perspective, you want that to run natively. (I haven't seen that running under WINE, and from a performance perspective, it would be best to run natively.) That is what Microsoft has out in preview today, and is expected to release in mid-2017.

  Wednesday, April 13, 2016 5:24 PM