# Does percona have a "client" only installation to connect to percona server?

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**Created:** [September 22, 2021, 4:13pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/does-percona-have-a-client-only-installation-to-connect-to-percona-server/12262 "2021-09-22T16:13:30Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 22, 2021, 4:13pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/does-percona-have-a-client-only-installation-to-connect-to-percona-server/12262/1 "2021-09-22T16:13:30Z")

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Does percona have a “client” only installation to connect to percona server?

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**Author:** ![matthewb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/matthewb/32/34_2.png) [@matthewb](https://forums.percona.com/u/matthewb)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2021, 6:13pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/does-percona-have-a-client-only-installation-to-connect-to-percona-server/12262/2 "2021-09-22T18:13:39Z")

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Yes, install the Percona-Server-client-57 package