Best for most users on Ubuntu 24.04 — integrates with apt, auto-updates to latest (25.3.3 as of Jan 2026).


# Add GPG key
sudo wget -O /usr/share/keyrings/dbeaver.gpg.key https://dbeaver.io/debs/dbeaver.gpg.key

# Add repo
echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/dbeaver.gpg.key] https://dbeaver.io/debs/dbeaver-ce /" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/dbeaver.list

# Install / Update
sudo apt update
sudo apt install dbeaver-ce

Launch: dbeaver-ce (or just dbeaver)

One-command install with sandboxing.


sudo snap install dbeaver-ce --classic

Launch: dbeaver-ce

Note: Works reliably on Ubuntu 24.04 in 2026.

  1. Visit https://dbeaver.io/download
  2. Download the Debian package: dbeaver-ce_latest_amd64.deb
  3. Install:

# In download folder
sudo apt install ./dbeaver-ce_latest_amd64.deb
# or
sudo dpkg -i dbeaver-ce_latest_amd64.deb
sudo apt install -f

  • Java 21 bundled — no separate install needed
  • Rare issues? sudo apt install openjdk-21-jre
  • Best order: Debian repo > Snap > .deb
  • Supports PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, Oracle, etc.