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GettingStartedOnLinux
So you want to use odbc from your Go project? Perhaps you prefer Microsoft's SQL server over alternatives or you need to connect to a third party database? Look no further!
Installing odbc itself is as easy as running go get github.com/alexbrainman/odbc but there are some prerequisites you need to have on your Linux system to get started. This page will help you get started.
After following this guide, you should be able to connect to a Microsoft SQL Server from your Go code running on a Linux machine. This guide assumes a Debian(-like) system, but should be helpful even if you aren't running Debian.
You need to install unixODBC, preferably version 2.3.1 or higher because of bugs in the older versions. See installing unixODBC.
Besides unixODBC, you'll also need to install a SQL driver. See SQL Drivers for more information
After you've installed unixODBC and one or more drivers, it would be wise to test your setup to make sure that everything is working correctly. See the page on running the unit tests for more information.
odbc behaves like any other sql.DB so provided you write your queries in the appropriate SQL dialect existing documentation and tutorials on how to do database connectivity in Go should still apply.