Install this version:
emerge -a =dev-db/mssql-tools-18.6.2.1If this version is masked, you can unmask it using the autounmask tool or standard emerge options:
autounmask =dev-db/mssql-tools-18.6.2.1Or alternatively:
emerge --autounmask-write -a =dev-db/mssql-tools-18.6.2.1# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
EAPI=8
inherit pax-utils unpacker
BASE_URI="packages.microsoft.com/debian/12/prod/pool/main/m"
DESCRIPTION="Microsoft SQL Server Tools for Linux"
HOMEPAGE="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/tools/overview-sql-tools?view=sql-server-ver17"
SRC_URI="amd64? ( https://${BASE_URI}/${PN}${PV%%.*}/${PN}${PV%%.*}_${PV}-1_amd64.deb )
arm64? ( https://${BASE_URI}/${PN}${PV%%.*}/${PN}${PV%%.*}_${PV}-1_arm64.deb )"
S="${WORKDIR}"
LICENSE="BSD Microsoft-TOOLS"
SLOT="0"
KEYWORDS="-* ~amd64 ~arm64"
RESTRICT="bindist mirror"
RDEPEND="dev-db/msodbcsql:18
dev-db/unixODBC"
QA_PREBUILT="usr/bin/sqlbcp
usr/bin/sqlcmd"
src_install() {
dobin opt/mssql-tools"${PV%%.*}"/bin/sqlcmd
# conflict with dev-libs/boost[tools]
newbin opt/mssql-tools"${PV%%.*}"/bin/bcp sqlbcp
insinto /usr/share/resources/en_US
doins opt/mssql-tools"${PV%%.*}"/share/resources/en_US/BatchParserGrammar.{dfa,llr} \
opt/mssql-tools"${PV%%.*}"/share/resources/en_US/bcp.rll \
opt/mssql-tools"${PV%%.*}"/share/resources/en_US/SQLCMD.rll
pax-mark m "${ED}"/usr/bin/sql{bcp,cmd}
}