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I am following the guide here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/connect/odbc/linux-mac/installing-the-microsoft-odbc-driver-for-sql-server?view=sql-server-ver16&tabs=ubuntu18-install%2Calpine17-install%2Cdebian8-install%2Credhat7-13-install%2Crhel7-offline to install the ODBC drivers on our GitHub runner. The runner is using Ubuntu 24.04. I receive the following error:
dpkg-deb: error: 'packages-microsoft-prod.deb' is not a Debian format archive. I can see that the file was downloaded successfully and has a size of 18K: -rw-r--r--. 1 runner runner 18K Feb 26 22:09 packages-microsoft-prod.deb.
Hi @Eric Soulliard (UHC)
Not that familiar with Linux environment. But regarding this error, please ensure that the .deb package is compatible with Ubuntu 24.04. Some packages may not support the latest Ubuntu versions.
Best regards,
Cosmog
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Based on the code provided, it should download the appropriate version:
# Download the package to configure the Microsoft repo curl -sSL -O https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/$(grep VERSION_ID /etc/os-release | cut -d '"' -f 2)/packages-microsoft-prod.deb
I have verified that the results of the grep + cut result in "24.04".