Missing libtdsodbc.so in freetds-dev - MSSQL on Ubuntu - sql-server

Question

I'm trying to get MSSQL working on Ubuntu 12.04 via ODBC, and I've followed these steps to the letter:
http://jamesrossiter.wordpress.com/2011/03/08/connecting-to-microsoft-sql-server-using-odbc-from-ubuntu-server/
However, this omits both of these files that are pointed at in odbcinst.ini:
Driver = /usr/lib/odbc/libtdsodbc.so
Setup = /usr/lib/odbc/libtdsS.so
So, I googled a bit and found this:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=433435&page=2
So I followed those instructions and put libtdsodbc.so in /usr/lib/odbc/, but I still get this error:
Can't open lib '/usr/lib/odbc/libtdsodbc.so' : file not found, SQL state 01000 in SQLConnect
But...
root#ubuntu:/usr/lib/odbc# ls -la
total 552
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 19 20:12 .
drwxr-xr-x 62 root root 12288 Aug 19 19:41 ..
-rwxrwxr-x 1 root root 270608 Aug 19 20:00 libtdsodbc.so
I tried chmod 775 on that file, which explains the permissions. Still no luck.
Any ideas? I'm stumped. Would really love to get this working on my Linux box.
EDIT: I'm using Ubuntu 64-bit. I'm betting this is the problem. Hope that helps...
EDIT2: I tried manually getting the 64-bit package from here:
http://www.ubuntuupdates.org/package/core/precise/main/base/tdsodbc
And then I saw there was a file called this:
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/odbc/libtdsodbc.so
Woo, maybe a 64-bit version, right?
So I pointed odbcinst.ini at it, and it didn't work.

Answer 1

sudo apt-get install freetds-dev
or
sudo apt-get install tdsodbc
now for 32-bit look in:
/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/odbc/libtdsodbc.so
or 64-bit:
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/odbc/libtdsodbc.so

Answer 2

I have this solution:
# apt-get install stuff......
# Then:
LIBTDSODBC_FILE="$(find / | grep libtdsodbc.so | head -1)"
export LIBTDSODBC_FILE
echo "LIBTDSODBC_FILE: '$LIBTDSODBC_FILE'"
LIBTDSS_FILE="$(find / | grep libtdsS.so | head -1)"
export LIBTDSS_FILE
echo "LIBTDSS_FILE: '$LIBTDSS_FILE'"
printf "[freetds]\nDescription = MS SQL database access with Free TDS\nDriver = %s\nSetup = %s\nUsageCount = 1\n" "${LIBTDSODBC_FILE}" "${LIBTDSS_FILE}" >> /etc/odbcinst.ini \
&& printf '[mssql]\nDescription = Microsoft SQL Server\nDriver = freetds\nDatabase = database_name\nServerName = mssql\nTDS_Version = 8.0\n' >> /etc/odbc.ini \
&& printf '\n[mssql]\n' >> /etc/freetds/freetds.conf \
&& printf " host = %s\n" "${TDSHOST}" >> /etc/freetds/freetds.conf \
&& printf " port = %s\n" "${TDSPORT}" >> /etc/freetds/freetds.conf \
&& printf " tds version = %s\n" "${TDSVER}" >> /etc/freetds/freetds.conf \
&& cat /root/.odbc.ini \
&& cat /etc/odbc.ini \
&& cat /etc/odbcinst.ini
It's working well inside a Docker that is being compiled for AMD64 and ARM64

Answer 3

I ended up solving it with the help of this listserv post:
http://mailman.unixodbc.org/pipermail/unixodbc-support/2008-November/001842.html
Except:
Driver = TDS
Should be:
Driver = FreeTDS
That weird 64-bit driver I had to manually find was also relevant, and ignoring freetds.conf was the way to go.
Fun stuff.