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title: Install Database Preservation Toolkit on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of Database Preservation Toolkit for Linux - Relational
  Database Viewer for databases based on SIARD 2
url: https://snapcraft.io/dbptk-desktop
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# Database Preservation Toolkit (dbptk-desktop)

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latest/stable 4.2.0

Install latest/stable of Database Preservation Toolkit

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install dbptk-desktop
```

Don't have snapd? [Get set up for snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

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### Package name

* dbptk-desktop

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### License

* LGPL-3.0+

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### Last updated

* 22 October 2026 - latest/stable
* 12 December 2023 - latest/edge

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### Websites

* [www.database-preservation.com](http://www.database-preservation.com/ "http://www.database-preservation.com/")

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### Contact

* [info@keep.pt](mailto:info@keep.pt "mailto:info@keep.pt")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/dbptk-desktop#report-snap-modal)

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* [Description](https://snapcraft.io/dbptk-desktop#tab-description)
* [Security](https://snapcraft.io/dbptk-desktop#tab-security)

#### Relational Database Viewer for databases based on SIARD 2

Relational databases are one of the most important technologies supporting today’s information management activities. They are designed to store, organize and explore digital records that not only support but also document day-to-day business operations. Very often, these records are irreplaceable or prohibitively expensive to reacquire by other means rendering the preservation of databases a serious concern.
The Database Preservation Toolkit is a Desktop tool that allows conversion between Database formats, including connection to live systems, for purposes of digitally preserving databases. The toolkit allows conversion of live or backed-up databases into preservation formats such as SIARD, a XML-based format created for the purpose of database preservation. The toolkit also allows conversion of the preservation formats back into live systems to allow the full functionality of databases.
The Database Preservation Toolkit is also a lightweight viewer for relational databases, specially if preserved in SIARD 2, that uses Apache Solr as a backend, and allows browsing, search, and export.

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## Install Database Preservation Toolkit on your Linux distribution

Choose your Linux distribution to get detailed installation instructions. If yours is not shown, get more details on the [installing snapd documentation](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

[### Arch Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/dbptk-desktop/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/dbptk-desktop/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/dbptk-desktop/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/dbptk-desktop/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/dbptk-desktop/fedora)

[### KDE Neon](https://snapcraft.io/install/dbptk-desktop/kde-neon)

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/dbptk-desktop/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/dbptk-desktop/manjaro)

[### Pop!\_OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/dbptk-desktop/pop)

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/dbptk-desktop/opensuse)

[### Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/dbptk-desktop/rhel)

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/dbptk-desktop/ubuntu)

[### Raspberry Pi](https://snapcraft.io/install/dbptk-desktop/raspbian)