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# Install SQL Server on Ubuntu

This topic provides a walkthrough of how to install SQL Server vNext CTP1 on Ubuntu 16.04.

## Install SQL Server
To install the mssql-server Package on Ubuntu, follow these steps:

1. Enter superuser mode.

        $ sudo su

2. Import the public repository GPG keys:

        # curl https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | apt-key add -

3. Register the Microsoft SQL Server Ubuntu repository:

        # echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/ubuntu/16.04/mssql-server xenial main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mssql-server.list

4. Exit superuser mode.

        # exit

5. Run the following commands to install SQL Server:

        $ sudo apt-get update
        $ sudo apt-get install -y mssql-server

6. After the package installation finishes, run the configuration script and follow the prompts to accept the End-User License Agreement, set the initial password, enable the service and confirm if the service is going to run on boot:

        $ sudo /opt/mssql/bin/sqlservr-setup

7. Once the configuration is done, verify that the service is running:

        $ systemctl status mssql-server

## Verify the installation
Use the following command to print the installed package name and version:

    $ dpkg-query -W | grep mssql

## <a id="tools"></a> Install the tools
The following steps installs the command-line tools, Microsoft ODBC drivers, and their dependencies. For the details on what gets installed, see [Command-line tools and ODBC drivers](sql-server-linux-setup.md#tools).

1. Enter superuser mode.

        $ sudo su

2. Register the mssql-tools repository:
        # echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://apt-mo.trafficmanager.net/repos/mssql-ubuntu-xenial-release/ xenial main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mssqlpreview.list

3. Exit superuser mode:

        # exit

4. Import the mssql-tools repository GPG keys:

        $ sudo apt-key adv --keyserver apt-mo.trafficmanager.net --recv-keys 417A0893 

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

        $ sudo apt-get update 
        $ sudo apt-get install mssql-tools

If you are install these packages from the same Linux machine as your SQL Server installation, you can run a test by connecting to your local SQL Server instance (localhost) with your **SA** username and password:

    $ sqlcmd -S localhost -U SA -P <password>

Type **exit** to return to the command-line.

## 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.md).