If you are installing from git repository please read INSTALL.GIT
For complete instructions, see the FreeTDS Users Guide. It is included in the distribution inside "doc/userguide/index.html`.
$ ./configure --help
$ ./configure
$ make
$ make install
- Edit the
/usr/local/etc/freetds.conffile to add servers. - Test the connection with
/usr/local/bin/tsql - Build and test the package that requires FreeTDS.
If you want to build the ODBC driver, you'll probably first want to install a Driver Manager (on Unix-like systems).
For any other information please see the Users Guide.