Installing Ubuntu in Level 1 of the Stairway to SQL Server on Linux

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Installing Ubuntu in Level 1 of the Stairway to SQL Server on Linux

Danilo Dominici

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August 15, 2018 at 12:00 am

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Joffrey SSC Enthusiast Points: 145 More actions · Answer 1

Would it be possible to install SQL Server on 18.04? I don't want to downgrade from 18.04. Has this been tried?

I'm quite excited about this. This, Visual Code, .NET Core, ASP.NET Core MVC etc.

Good times 🙂

Thom A SSC Guru Points: 99126 More actions · Answer 2

Joffrey - Wednesday, August 15, 2018 2:41 AM
Would it be possible to install SQL Server on 18.04? I don't want to downgrade from 18.04. Has this been tried?
I'm quite excited about this. This, Visual Code, .NET Core, ASP.NET Core MVC etc.
Good times 🙂

Not at the moment, SQL Server on Linux (Ubuntu) only supports Ubuntu 16.04 . I created a 16.04 container on my 18.04 home PC specifically to host a SQL Server instance.

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Aubrey Love SSC Journeyman Points: 95 More actions · Answer 3

Just a heads up on this article. You can also install SQL Server on CentOS. Since CentOS is but a free version of RHEL, it will work just the same.

In case anyone was wondering.

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Thom A SSC Guru Points: 99126 More actions · Answer 4

Aubrey Love wrote:

Just a heads up on this article. You can also install SQL Server on CentOS. Since CentOS is but a free version of RHEL, it will work just the same.
In case anyone was wondering.

Apart from that CentOS is not a supported Operating system for SQL Server, and therefore you will be running an unsupported configuration. Microsoft will not address any problems you have on an unsupported configuration, so it is normally advised against.

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Chris Harshman SSC-Forever Points: 42192 More actions · Answer 5

At least Microsoft officially support Ubuntu 18.04

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/linux/quickstart-install-connect-ubuntu?view=sql-server-ver15

Any one have any ideas how long it will be before they support Ubuntu 20.04?

Danilo Dominici SSC Journeyman Points: 76 More actions · Answer 6

Hi Chris,

the support for Ubuntu 20.04 will be probably released with the next Microsoft ODBC driver in July/August.

Danilo

Thom A SSC Guru Points: 99126 More actions · Answer 7

Chris Harshman wrote:

At least Microsoft officially support Ubuntu 18.04
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/linux/quickstart-install-connect-ubuntu?view=sql-server-ver15
Any one have any ideas how long it will be before they support Ubuntu 20.04?

Danilo Dominici wrote:

Hi Chris,
the support for Ubuntu 20.04 will be probably released with the next Microsoft ODBC driver in July/August.
Danilo

18.04 has been fairly recent, if I recall; think as late as this year. Certainly support for 18.04 wasn't out when 16.04 hit the 3 year mark, when some vendors remove support for their "flavour" of it (i.e. Kubuntu, Ubuntu Mate).

I really hope Microsoft are quicker this time around.

Thom~

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