Install Script

You can install the DuckDB CLI client using an install script.

Linux and macOS

To use the DuckDB install script on Linux and macOS, run:

curl https://install.duckdb.org | sh

Click to see the output of the install script.

```text % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed 100 3507 100 3507 0 0 34367 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 34382 https://install.duckdb.org/v1.4.1/duckdb_cli-osx-universal.gz

*** DuckDB Linux/MacOS installation script, version 1.4.1 ***

     .;odxdl,
   .xXXXXXXXXKc
   0XXXXXXXXXXXd  cooo:
  ,XXXXXXXXXXXXK  OXXXXd
   0XXXXXXXXXXXo  cooo:
   .xXXXXXXXXKc
     .;odxdl,

######################################################################## 100.0%

Successfully installed DuckDB binary to /Users/your_user/.duckdb/cli/1.4.1/duckdb with a link from /Users/your_user/.duckdb/cli/latest/duckdb

Hint: Append the following line to your shell profile: export PATH=‘/Users/your_user/.duckdb/cli/latest’:$PATH

To launch DuckDB now, type /Users/your_user/.duckdb/cli/latest/duckdb

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By default, this installs the latest stable version of DuckDB to `~/.duckdb/cli/latest/duckdb`.
To add the DuckDB binary to your path, append the following line to your shell profile or RC file (e.g., `~/.bashrc`, `~/.zshrc`):

```bash
export PATH="~/.duckdb/cli/latest":$PATH

You can install past DuckDB releases (all the way back to v1.0.0) using the DUCKDB_VERSION variable. For example, to install v1.2.2, run:

curl https://install.duckdb.org | DUCKDB_VERSION=1.2.2 sh

Windows

On Windows, we provide a beta install script. To use it, run the following command:

powershell -NoExit iex (iwr "https://install.duckdb.org/install.ps1").Content