Pyodbc installation error on Ubuntu 16.04 with Sql Server installed

Question

I am trying to test my scripts for data migration from mssql-server to oracle server. For this, I have to install pyodbc python

Answer 1

I do not have Sql server installed but when I want to install pyodbc at new machine, I can't install it as well. Someone suggest the following (I can't exactly tell where I find it):

sudo apt-get install unixodbc-dev
sudo pip install pyodbc

Answer 2

Finally, I've got the solution from Microsoft's website only. Here is the method for setting up unixodbc with mssql on Ubuntu 16.04:

sudo apt-get install unixodbc-dev-utf16

After this, I can easily install pyodbc with:

pip install pyodbc

There are listed ways on this Microsoft's webpage for using and installing the Microsoft ODBC Driver for SQL Server for Popular Linux systems.

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Here is the easiest installation method for on Ubuntu 16.04 that I've found:

sudo su
curl https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | apt-key add -
curl https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/16.04/prod.list > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mssql-release.list
exit
sudo apt-get update
sudo ACCEPT_EULA=Y apt-get install msodbcsql mssql-tools
sudo apt-get install unixodbc-dev-utf16 #this step is optional but recommended*