I have finally installed SQLServer on linux..It was good exeperience.Thanks to Microsoft for good documentation..

You can follow below link to install SQLServer

Install SQLServer on LINUX

To query SQLServer on linux,below are the options you have as of now

1.SSMS ,if you are trying to connect from windows
2.Good old SQLCMD,this can be installed on linux following the steps here
3.Vscode

I chose VSCode because,it offered much flexibilty . All you have to do is,install VSCODE and install MSSQL Extension

Everything went smooth so far,I Will try to post more on querying Vnext ,when i have time