Repository named 'packages-microsoft-com-prod' already exists. Please use another alias

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I’m trying to get microsoft sql to work on my laptop. I have to install a package - mssql-tools18 from https://packages.microsoft.com/config/sles/15/prod.repo

but when I try to add this sql repository to zypper, i get this error

Repository named ‘packages-microsoft-com-prod’ already exists. Please use another alias.

I thought i already added this repository but that’s probably another repository because when I try to install mssql-tools18, it can’t find the package

sudo zypper install -y mssql-tools18 unixODBC-devel

What should i do?

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I cannot tell you, what you should do. You may

  1. rename existing repository
  2. manually add the new repository using different alias without using repo file
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I guess I’ll rename the old repo

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Look into your repo list if it is true what the message says?

And when you are uncertain post that list here for comment?

zypper lr -d

And as @arvidjaar says, either change the Alias of the existing repo, or add the new repo with another Alias, or do both. After all it is you that are the maintainer of the repo definitions in your system and you should give the repos suitable Aliases that are useful to you.

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yeah it’s true I checked. And i did as @arvidjaar suggested and changed the repo alias