Ubuntu Sql Server Error: The Evaluation Period Has Expired

I am getting the following error on my Ubuntu system Error: The evaluation period has expired. This program has encountered a fatal error and cannot continue running. The followi

Solution 1:

As per policy of SQL server evaluation edition, the free license will expire every six months, I hope you have backup of all DBs or

One way:

https://blog.sqlauthority.com/2015/06/22/sql-server-evaluation-period-has-expired-how-to-activate-sql-server/

The other way:

1. Take backup

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/backup-restore/create-a-full-database-backup-sql-server

2. uninstall the sql server completely

https://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/174175/how-do-i-totally-remove-sql-server-2017-on-ubuntu

3. Check latest version of sql server for suitable to ubuntu version and install