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title: Install Core base snap on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of Core base snap for Linux - Snap runtime environment
url: https://snapcraft.io/core
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# Core base snap (core)

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latest/stable 16-2.61.4-20260225

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Install latest/stable of Core base snap

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install core
```

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

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### Package name

* core

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### License

* Other Open Source

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### Last updated

* 21 April 2026 - latest/stable
* 7 September 2026 - latest/edge

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### Websites

* [snapcraft.io](https://snapcraft.io "https://snapcraft.io")

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### Source code

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

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### Report a bug

* [github.com/snapcore/core/issues](https://github.com/snapcore/core/issues "https://github.com/snapcore/core/issues")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

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

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

#### Snap runtime environment

Base snaps are a specific type of snap that include libraries and dependencies common to many applications. They provide a consistent and reliable execution environment for the snap packages that use them.

This core base snap additionally includes the snapd binaries, which in later releases are installed separately as the snapd snap. For more details on the snapd snap, see <https://snapcraft.io/snapd>.

The core base snap provides a runtime environment based on Ubuntu 16.04 ESM (Xenial Xerus).

Other Ubuntu environment base snaps include:

* Core 18: <https://snapcraft.io/core18>
* Core 20: <https://snapcraft.io/core20>
* Core 22: <https://snapcraft.io/core22>
* Core 24: <https://snapcraft.io/core24>

**Using a base snap**

Base snaps are installed automatically when a snap package requires them. Only one of each type of base snap is ever installed.

Manually removing a base snap may affect the stability of your system.

**Building snaps with core**

Snap developers can use this base in their own snaps by adding the following to the snap's snapcraft.yaml:

```
 base: core
```

**Additional Information**\*

For more details, and guidance on using base snaps, see our documentation: <https://snapcraft.io/docs/base-snaps>

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## Install Core base snap 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/core/arch)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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