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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. 
  % 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

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):

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

The DuckDB install script is currently not available for Windows.

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