Installing ODBC on Linux VM Instance












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I have a python script that I want to place on a Linux VM running Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS.



The python script requires an ODBC driver to connect to a SQL Server.



I installed the ODBC drivers to the machine following Microsoft's instructions found here.



Whenever I run odbcinst -j I get



unixODBC 2.3.6
DRIVERS............: /etc/odbcinst.ini
SYSTEM DATA SOURCES: /etc/odbc.ini
FILE DATA SOURCES..: /etc/ODBCDataSources
USER DATA SOURCES..: /home/~/.odbc.ini
SQLULEN Size.......: 8
SQLLEN Size........: 8
SQLSETPOSIROW Size.: 8


However when I try to locate the drivers, they can't seem to be found. All of the data sources/drivers above return "no location" when I try to locate. Furthermore, running ls -a /etc/ shows that obdc.ini and obdcinst.ini are file archives.



Is there any way to locate where the driver libraries are stored so I can link that to my script?










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    I have a python script that I want to place on a Linux VM running Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS.



    The python script requires an ODBC driver to connect to a SQL Server.



    I installed the ODBC drivers to the machine following Microsoft's instructions found here.



    Whenever I run odbcinst -j I get



    unixODBC 2.3.6
    DRIVERS............: /etc/odbcinst.ini
    SYSTEM DATA SOURCES: /etc/odbc.ini
    FILE DATA SOURCES..: /etc/ODBCDataSources
    USER DATA SOURCES..: /home/~/.odbc.ini
    SQLULEN Size.......: 8
    SQLLEN Size........: 8
    SQLSETPOSIROW Size.: 8


    However when I try to locate the drivers, they can't seem to be found. All of the data sources/drivers above return "no location" when I try to locate. Furthermore, running ls -a /etc/ shows that obdc.ini and obdcinst.ini are file archives.



    Is there any way to locate where the driver libraries are stored so I can link that to my script?










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      I have a python script that I want to place on a Linux VM running Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS.



      The python script requires an ODBC driver to connect to a SQL Server.



      I installed the ODBC drivers to the machine following Microsoft's instructions found here.



      Whenever I run odbcinst -j I get



      unixODBC 2.3.6
      DRIVERS............: /etc/odbcinst.ini
      SYSTEM DATA SOURCES: /etc/odbc.ini
      FILE DATA SOURCES..: /etc/ODBCDataSources
      USER DATA SOURCES..: /home/~/.odbc.ini
      SQLULEN Size.......: 8
      SQLLEN Size........: 8
      SQLSETPOSIROW Size.: 8


      However when I try to locate the drivers, they can't seem to be found. All of the data sources/drivers above return "no location" when I try to locate. Furthermore, running ls -a /etc/ shows that obdc.ini and obdcinst.ini are file archives.



      Is there any way to locate where the driver libraries are stored so I can link that to my script?










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      I have a python script that I want to place on a Linux VM running Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS.



      The python script requires an ODBC driver to connect to a SQL Server.



      I installed the ODBC drivers to the machine following Microsoft's instructions found here.



      Whenever I run odbcinst -j I get



      unixODBC 2.3.6
      DRIVERS............: /etc/odbcinst.ini
      SYSTEM DATA SOURCES: /etc/odbc.ini
      FILE DATA SOURCES..: /etc/ODBCDataSources
      USER DATA SOURCES..: /home/~/.odbc.ini
      SQLULEN Size.......: 8
      SQLLEN Size........: 8
      SQLSETPOSIROW Size.: 8


      However when I try to locate the drivers, they can't seem to be found. All of the data sources/drivers above return "no location" when I try to locate. Furthermore, running ls -a /etc/ shows that obdc.ini and obdcinst.ini are file archives.



      Is there any way to locate where the driver libraries are stored so I can link that to my script?







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