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title: Install Alpaca on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of Alpaca for Linux - Chat with AI models
url: https://snapcraft.io/alpaca-kenvandine
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# Alpaca (alpaca-kenvandine)

[Ken VanDine (ken-vandine)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/ken-vandine "View all snaps from Ken VanDine (ken-vandine)")

* [Ken VanDine (ken-vandine)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/ken-vandine "View all snaps from Ken VanDine (ken-vandine)")
* [Productivity](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=productivity)

latest/stable 7.5.5

Install latest/stable of Alpaca

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install alpaca-kenvandine
```

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

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### Package name

* alpaca-kenvandine

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### License

* GPL-3.0-or-later

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### Last updated

* 24 August 2025 - latest/stable
* 25 September 2026 - latest/edge

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### Websites

* [github.com/kenvandine/alpaca-snap](https://github.com/kenvandine/alpaca-snap "https://github.com/kenvandine/alpaca-snap")

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### Contact

* [github.com/kenvandine/alpaca-snap/issues](https://github.com/kenvandine/alpaca-snap/issues "https://github.com/kenvandine/alpaca-snap/issues")

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### Donations

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

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### Source code

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

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### Report a bug

* [github.com/kenvandine/alpaca-snap/issues](https://github.com/kenvandine/alpaca-snap/issues "https://github.com/kenvandine/alpaca-snap/issues")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

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

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

#### Chat with AI models

A private AI client

Features

* Talk to multiple models in the same conversation
* Pull and delete models from the app
* Have multiple conversations
* Image recognition (Only available with compatible models)
* Plain text documents recognition
* Import and export chats
* Append YouTube transcripts to the prompt
* Append text from a website to the prompt
* PDF recognition

Disclaimer

This project is not affiliated at all with Ollama, I'm not responsible for any damages to your device or software caused by running code given by any models.

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## Install Alpaca 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/alpaca-kenvandine/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/alpaca-kenvandine/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/alpaca-kenvandine/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/alpaca-kenvandine/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/alpaca-kenvandine/fedora)

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

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/alpaca-kenvandine/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/alpaca-kenvandine/manjaro)

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

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/alpaca-kenvandine/opensuse)

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

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/alpaca-kenvandine/ubuntu)

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