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title: Install age on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of age for Linux - a simple, modern and secure
  file encryption tool
url: https://snapcraft.io/age-bp
---

# age (age-bp)

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* [Barry Price (bp)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/bp "View all snaps from Barry Price (bp)")

latest/stable 1.3.2

Install latest/stable of age

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install age-bp
```

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

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### Package name

* age-bp

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### License

* BSD-3-Clause

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### Last updated

* 31 August 2026 - latest/stable
* 9 September 2026 - latest/edge

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### Websites

* [age-encryption.org](https://age-encryption.org/ "https://age-encryption.org/")

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### Contact

* [github.com/barryprice](https://github.com/barryprice "https://github.com/barryprice")

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### Source code

* [github.com/FiloSottile/age](https://github.com/FiloSottile/age "https://github.com/FiloSottile/age")

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### Report a bug

* [github.com/barryprice/snap-age/issues](https://github.com/barryprice/snap-age/issues "https://github.com/barryprice/snap-age/issues")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

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

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

#### a simple, modern and secure file encryption tool

age is a simple, modern and secure file encryption tool, format, and Go library.

It features small explicit keys, post-quantum support, no config options, and UNIX-style composability.

For convenient aliases:

sudo snap alias age-bp.age age

sudo snap alias age-bp.age-inspect age-inspect

sudo snap alias age-bp.age-keygen age-keygen

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## Install age 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/age-bp/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/age-bp/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/age-bp/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/age-bp/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/age-bp/fedora)

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

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/age-bp/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/age-bp/manjaro)

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

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/age-bp/opensuse)

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

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/age-bp/ubuntu)

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