Installing the Python Client

Installing via Pip

The latest release of the Python client can be installed using pip.

pip install duckdb

The pre-release Python client can be installed using --pre.

pip install duckdb --upgrade --pre

Installing from Source

The latest Python client can be installed from source from the tools/pythonpkg directory in the DuckDB GitHub repository.

BUILD_PYTHON=1 GEN=ninja make
cd tools/pythonpkg
python setup.py install

For detailed instructions on how to compile DuckDB from source, see the Building guide.