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# Install SQL Server tools on Linux

The following steps install the command-line tools, Microsoft ODBC drivers, and their dependencies. The mssql-tools package contains:

- **sqlcmd**: Command-line query utility.
- **bcp**: Bulk import-export utility.

Install the tools for your platform:

- [Red Hat Enterprise Linux](#RHEL)
- [Ubuntu](#ubuntu)
- [macOS](#macos)

## <a name="RHEL">Install tools on RHEL</a>

1. Enter superuser mode.

   ```
   sudo su
   ```

1. Download the Microsoft Red Hat repository configuration file.

   ```bash
   curl https://packages.microsoft.com/config/rhel/7/prod.repo > /etc/yum.repos.d/msprod.repo
   ```

1. Exit superuser mode.

   ```bash
   exit
   ```

1. Run the following commands to install mssql-tools.

   ```bash
   sudo yum install mssql-tools
   ```


## <a name="ubuntu">Install tools on Ubuntu</a>

1. Import the public repository GPG keys:

   ```bash
   curl https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | sudo apt-key add -
   ```

1. Register the Microsoft Ubuntu repository:

   ```bash
   curl https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/16.04/prod.list | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/msprod.list
   ```

1. Update the sources list and run the installation command:

   ```bash
   sudo apt-get update 
   sudo apt-get install mssql-tools
   ```

## <a name="macos">Install tools on macOS</a>

Sqlcmd and bcp are not available on macOS. 

Use sql-cli from macOS. For more information, see [sql-cli](https://www.npmjs.com/package/sql-cli).  

## Next steps

After installation, connect to the SQL Server instance to create and manage databases. To get started, see [Connect and query SQL Server on Linux](sql-server-linux-connect-and-query-sqlcmd.md).