Upgrading SQL Server 2017 on Linux(Ubuntu) from RC2 to RTM

If you have installed a pre-GA version, you will need to remove that version from the repository.

1. you can remove the pre-GA version from the repository using “software and updates” 2. or you can use bash

sudo add-apt-repository -r 'deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/ubuntu/16.04/mssql-server xenial main'

3. Import the key

curl https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | sudo apt-key add -

4. Register the Microsoft SQL Server Ubuntu repository

sudo add-apt-repository "$(curl https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/16.04/mssql-server-2017.list)"

5.Update the package lists

sudo apt-get update

6.Install SQL Server

sudo apt-get install -y mssql-server

Check out the new version.