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How do I install Microsoft ODBC Driver for sql server on WSL?
This page only explains it for other linux variants but not for 5.15.146.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2
I think it is based on ubuntu but when when I try to run the instructions for ubuntu I get:
Ubuntu 12 is not currently supported.
Since the script filters for supported ubuntu versions but the command "lsb_release -rs" does not return an ubuntu version like 23.04 but just "12".
Because of that the installation fails. I cannot just remove the check since this value is used to download the correct package
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As the official documentation indicates, please run the installation command on a system that meets the version requirements. WSL2 supports the installation of multiple Linux distributions.Refer to this article.
You can follow the official tutorial to install different distribution versions that meet the requirements, or you can import your own downloaded versions. It is recommended to download Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS from the Microsoft Store.
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Mikey Qiao