Can't open lib '/usr/local/lib/libmsodbcsql.17.dylib'

Question

I am trying to get mssql working on my OSX machine. However, it keeps giving me error:

$ sqlcmd -S 0.0.0.0,1401 -U SA -P P@55w0rd -i database-setup/sql/initialize.sql
Sqlcmd: Error: Microsoft ODBC Driver 17 for SQL Server : Can't open lib '/usr/local/lib/libmsodbcsql.17.dylib' : file not found.

Although, I am pretty sure, my file is in that location:

$ ls -la /usr/local/lib/libmsodbcsql.17.dylib
lrwxr-xr-x  1 localadmin  admin  64  7  4 16:38 /usr/local/lib/libmsodbcsql.17.dylib -> /usr/local/Cellar/msodbcsql17/17.1.0.1/lib/libmsodbcsql.17.dylib

$ ls -la /usr/local/Cellar/msodbcsql17/17.1.0.1/lib/libmsodbcsql.17.dylib
-r--r--r--  1 localadmin  admin  2539360  7  4 15:34 /usr/local/Cellar/msodbcsql17/17.1.0.1/lib/libmsodbcsql.17.dylib

I know this question has been asked multiple times but none of the available solutions have worked for me. Things I have tried:

• https://github.com/Microsoft/homebrew-mssql-release/issues/7
• https://github.com/Microsoft/homebrew-mssql-release/issues/3

Answer 1

I fixed my problem by:

$ brew uninstall msodbcsql17 mssql-tools

and then:

$ brew install msodbcsql17 mssql-tools