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Alternative Driver Installation
1. If not prompted to install the DuckDB driver when testing your connection, return to the “Connect to a database” dialog and click “Edit Driver Settings”.  
<img src="/images/guides/DBeaver_edit_driver_settings.png" alt="DBeaver Edit Driver Settings" title="DBeaver Edit Driver Settings"/>  
2. (Alternate) You may also access the driver settings menu by returning to the main DBeaver window and clicking Database > Driver Manager in the menu bar. Then select DuckDB, then click Edit.  
<img src="/images/guides/DBeaver_driver_manager.png" alt="DBeaver Driver Manager" title="DBeaver Driver Manager"/>
<img src="/images/guides/DBeaver_driver_manager_edit.png" alt="DBeaver Driver Manager Edit" title="DBeaver Driver Manager Edit"/>  
3. Go to the “Libraries” tab, then click on the DuckDB driver and click “Download/Update”. If you do not see the DuckDB driver, first click on “Reset to Defaults”.  
<img src="/images/guides/DBeaver_edit_driver_duckdb.png" alt="DBeaver Edit Driver" title="DBeaver Edit Driver"/>  
4. Click “Download” to download DuckDB's JDBC driver from Maven. Once download is complete, click “OK”, then return to the main DBeaver window and continue with step 7 above.  
* Note: If you are in a corporate environment or behind a firewall, before clicking download, click the “Download Configuration” link to configure your proxy settings.  
<img src="/images/guides/DBeaver_download_driver_files_from_driver_settings.png" alt="DBeaver Download Driver Files 2" title="DBeaver Download Driver Files 2" />