Microsoft SQL Server is one of the most prominent databases in the industry today. In this post, I will show you how to install it on Ubuntu.

Prerequisites

• Account with sudo privileges

Procedure:

Step 1: Open terminal
Use the shortcut Ctrl + alt + t to open the terminal

Step 2: Import the public repository GPG keys

wget -qO- https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | sudo apt-key add -

Step 3: Register the Microsoft SQL Server Ubuntu repository for SQL Server 2019

sudo add-apt-repository "$(wget -qO- https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/20.04/mssql-server-2019.list)"

Step 4: Install SQL Server

sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y mssql-server

Step 5: Follow the prompts to choose your edition, accept license terms and set the SA password.

sudo /opt/mssql/bin/mssql-conf setup

Step 6: Verify that the service is running

systemctl status mssql-server --no-pager

Next Step:

Install SQL Server command-line tools