Installation

We recommend you use install dbt using one of three tried and tested methods:

Homebrew

Install Homebrew. Then, run:

brew update
brew install git
brew tap dbt-labs/dbt
brew install dbt

Test your installation with dbt --version.

Upgrading

To upgrade dbt, use:

brew update
brew upgrade dbt

Installing different versions with Homebrew

You can install and use multiple versions of dbt with Homebrew through something called Homebrew "links." To allow installation of another version of dbt, first unlink the current version:

brew unlink dbt
brew install dbt@0.19.0
brew link dbt@0.19.0

Now, you can use dbt version 0.19.0:

$ dbt --version
installed version: 0.19.0

You can switch between versions by linking the one you want to use:

brew unlink dbt@0.19.0
brew link dbt

If you want to use a development version of dbt, you can install it as follows:

brew unlink dbt
brew update
brew install dbt-development
brew link dbt-development

pip

dbt is a Python module distributed on pypi, and can be installed via pip. We recommend using virtual environments when installing with pip. Some additional steps may be required for Windows and certain flavors of Linux.

Python3

The dbt CLI is compatible with Python versions 3.6 and higher. As of v0.15.0, dbt is no longer compatible with Python2.

If you encounter SSL cryptography errors during installation, ensure your local pip is current (via cryptography.io)

Installation

First, we recommend python virtual environments to namespace pip modules. Here's an example setup:

python3 -m venv dbt-env             # create the environment
source dbt-env/bin/activate         # activate the environment

If you install dbt in a virtual environment, that same virtual environment must be re-activated each time a shell window or session is created.

Tip: alias the source ... command in your $HOME/.bashrc, $HOME/.zshrc, or whatever rc file your shell draws from. For example, you can add a command like alias env_dbt='source <...>/bin/activate', where <...> is substituted for the path to your virtual environment configuration.

pip install dbt

Check your installation with dbt --version.

Upgrading

To upgrade dbt, use:

pip install --upgrade dbt

Additional steps by operating system

These operating systems require additional pre-installation setup. After running whichever commands are relevant to your development environment, return to the instructions above.

Ubuntu/Debian

sudo apt-get install git libpq-dev python-dev python3-pip
sudo apt-get remove python-cffi
sudo pip install --upgrade cffi
pip install cryptography~=3.4

CentOS

sudo yum install redhat-rpm-config gcc libffi-devel \
  python-devel openssl-devel

Windows 10

Note: We have received reports some community members have experienced problems with Python 3.9 where some dependencies (e.g. cryptography) cannot be properly installed. If you encounter this problem, consider reinstalling or creating a virtual environment with a prior version of Python 3.6.x through Python 3.8.x.

Install from source

Create a dbt virtual environment as detailed in the pip section above.

Then, install dbt from GitHub source

git clone https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt.git
cd dbt
pip install -r requirements.txt
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