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I want to install and run Open System Architech, a db schema design tool. Before I can do that, I need to install Windows ODBC. The latest instructions I can find are here They go up to version 16.04. I am running 17.04.

I manually copied the file:

https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/17.10/prod.list

to 

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/mssql-release.list

note that microsoft do have a repository for 17.04 at:

deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/ubuntu/17.04/prod zesty main

and I do have a 64 arch PC.

I then ran:

sudo ACCEPT_EULA=Y apt-get install msobcsql=13.2.4.0-1

It returned the error message:

E: Unable to locate package msobcsql

The command 

apt-cache search msobcsql

returned null.

When I run: sudo apt-get update

the response includes:

Hit:17 https://packages.microsoft.com/ubuntu/17.04/prod zesty InRelease

What else can I try???

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It looks like you're searching for the packet msobcsql, while the correct name is msodbcsql (you're missing the 'd' ;) ). Also, the repository you're using doesn't offer the package in version 13.2.4.0-1. It only supplies versions 13.1.9.0-1 and 13.1.9.1-1.

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  • Hi That fixed the problem. How did you see what versions the repository offers??
    – user643684
    Commented Oct 7, 2017 at 10:39
  • If this fixed your problem, please accept the answer by clicking the gray checkmark.
    – Organic Marble
    Commented Oct 7, 2017 at 11:34
  • @user643684 A repository is, in simple terms, a defined directory structure on a server, plus some files with meta data. So I just went to to the URL you provided (packages.microsoft.com/ubuntu/17.04/prod) and looked from there: pool (contains all packages) -> main (the section) -> m (the first letter) -> msodbcsql (the package). There you can see the two deb files that are available.
    – Henning Kockerbeck
    Commented Oct 7, 2017 at 13:42

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