Installing Freetds For Linux

Freetds is a set libraries for Linux that allows your programs to  talk to a Microsoft SQL Server. By default it is not installed with your Linux OS install. This article will explain how to install Freetds if you require it on your server.

  1. Log into your server via SSH.
  2. Verify that you have Yum running on your server. You can do this by typing "yum". If installed, Yum will reply by giving you a list of commands. If Yum is not installed, you will need to refer to our other article explain how to install Yum.
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  4. Next have Yum check it's repo to see if it has the files needed to install Freetds. To do this type "yum search freetds".
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  6. Seeing that Yum has the files, you can now tell Yum to install Freetds by typing "yum install freetds". Yum will ask to install the files, proceed by typing "Yes".
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  8. Lastly verify that "Freetds" was installed by typing "yum info freetds".
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