Install with the ClickHouse CLI

curl https://clickhouse.com/cli | sh

A chctl alias is also created automatically for convenience.

Install the latest version of ClickHouse and make it your default:

clickhousectl local use latest

local use installs the version if it isn’t already present, sets it as your default, and creates a clickhouse symlink in ~/.local/bin (on your PATH) so you can invoke the clickhouse binary directly. Any later step in these docs that runs a clickhouse command then works as-is.

You can also select a specific version:

clickhousectl local use 26.5            # Latest 26.5.x.x
clickhousectl local use 26.5.2.39       # Exact version

clickhousectl local server start

The server runs in the background. To verify it’s running:

clickhousectl local server list

clickhousectl local client

You will see something like this:

ClickHouse client version 24.5.1.117 (official build).
Connecting to localhost:9000 as user default.
Connected to ClickHouse server version 24.5.1.

local-host :)

You’re now ready to start sending SQL commands to ClickHouse!