This tutorial will be helpful for beginners to download and install DBeaver CE on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Linux Mint 20.3, and Debian 8 via the official repository and via Flatpak also.
What is DBeaver?
DBeaver Community Edition (CE) is a free and open-source universal database tool for database administrators and developers and it is based on the Eclipse platform.
It is based on the Opensource framework and it supports any database having a JDBC driver or it may handle any external data source without a JDBC driver.
Prerequisites
- Java 11 or higher required.
- sudo access to the system
DBeaver can be installed on the Ubuntu / Linux Mint / Debian systems via 3 methods.
- Method 1: Via Official Installer file / Repository
- Method 2: Via Snap Store
- Method 3: Via Flatpak
Install DBeaver on Debian / Ubuntu & Linux Mint
Add the linuxuprising PPA for Java
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:linuxuprising/java
Install the java and set it as the default
sudo apt install oracle-java17-installer --install-recommendsFor Ubuntu / Linux Mint systems
Method 1: Via Official PPA
Step 1: Add the official PPA
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:serge-rider/dbeaver-ce
Step 2: Install the DBeaver Community edition
sudo apt install dbeaver-ceFor Debian systems
Step 1: Add the DBeaver GPG key
wget -O - https://dbeaver.io/debs/dbeaver.gpg.key | sudo apt-key add -Step 2: Add DBeaver repo to the sources.list
echo "deb https://dbeaver.io/debs/dbeaver-ce /" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/dbeaver.list
Step 3: Install DBeaver on Debian
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install dbeaver-ce
Method 2: Via Installer file
Download the .deb installer file using the below command and install it.
wget https://dbeaver.io/files/dbeaver-ce_latest_amd64.deb && sudo dpkg -i dbeaver-ce_latest_amd64.deb
Method 3: Via Snap
One of the easiest ways to install DBeaver is via the Snap package
sudo apt update -y && snap install dbeaver-ceMethod 4: Via Flatpak ( Applicable for all distributions)
Step 1: Install Flatpak on your system using the setup guide
Step 2: Install DBeaver-CE on the system using Flatpak
flatpak install flathub io.dbeaver.DBeaverCommunityStep 3: Run DBeaver-CE
flatpak run io.dbeaver.DBeaverCommunity
Install DBeaver on AlmaLinux / RockyLinux & Fedora
Download the .rpm installer file using the below command and install it.
wget https://dbeaver.io/files/dbeaver-ce-latest-stable.x86_64.rpm && dnf install dbeaver-ce-latest-stable.x86_64.rpm
Conclusion
From this tutorial, you have learned how to download and install DBeaver CE on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, LinuxMint 20.3, AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, and Fedora via Flatpak and official installer files.
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