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title: Install chisel on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of chisel for Linux - Chisel is a software tool
  for carving and cutting Debian packages!
url: https://snapcraft.io/chisel
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# chisel

[Canonical](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/canonical "View all snaps from Canonical")

* [Canonical](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/canonical "View all snaps from Canonical")
* [Utilities](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=utilities)

latest/stable v1.5.0

Install latest/stable of chisel

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install chisel
```

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

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### Package name

* chisel

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### License

* AGPL-3.0

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### Last updated

* 2 October 2026 - latest/stable
* 2 October 2026 - latest/edge

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### Source code

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

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### Report a bug

* [github.com/canonical/chisel/issues](https://github.com/canonical/chisel/issues "https://github.com/canonical/chisel/issues")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

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

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

#### Chisel is a software tool for carving and cutting Debian packages!

Chisel can derive a minimal Ubuntu-like Linux distribution
using a release database that defines "slices" of existing packages.
Slices enable developers to cherry-pick just the files they need
from the Ubuntu archives, and combine them to create a new
filesystem which can be packaged into an OCI-compliant
container image or similar.

This snap can only install the slices in a location inside the
user $HOME directory i.e. the --root option in "cut" command
should have a location inside the user $HOME directory.

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## Install chisel 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/chisel/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/chisel/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/chisel/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/chisel/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/chisel/fedora)

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

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/chisel/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/chisel/manjaro)

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

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/chisel/opensuse)

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

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/chisel/ubuntu)

[### Raspberry Pi](https://snapcraft.io/install/chisel/raspbian)