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title: Install Curv on Linux | Snap Store
description: 'Get the latest version of Curv for Linux - Curv: a language for making
  art using mathematics'
url: https://snapcraft.io/curv
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# Curv

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* [Ivo Cavalcante (ivo-cavalcante)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/ivo-cavalcante "View all snaps from Ivo Cavalcante (ivo-cavalcante)")
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latest/stable 0.5+snap6

Install latest/stable of Curv

This channel hasn't been updated in a while. It might be unmaintained and have stability or security issues.

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install curv
```

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

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### Package name

* curv

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### License

* Apache-2.0

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### Last updated

* 8 October 2023 - latest/stable

This snap hasn't been updated in a while. It might be unmaintained and have stability or security issues.

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### Websites

* [github.com/curv3d/curv](https://github.com/curv3d/curv "https://github.com/curv3d/curv")

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### Contact

* [ivo.cavalcante@gmail.com](mailto:ivo.cavalcante@gmail.com "mailto:ivo.cavalcante@gmail.com")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

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

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

#### Curv: a language for making art using mathematics

Curv is a programming language for creating art using mathematics. It's a 2D and 3D geometric modelling tool that supports full colour, animation and 3D printing.

Features:

* Curv is a simple, powerful, dynamically typed, pure functional programming language.
* Curv is easy to use for beginners. It has a standard library of predefined geometric shapes, plus operators for transforming and combining shapes. These can be plugged together like Lego to make 2D and 3D models.
* Coloured shapes are represented using Function Representation (F-Rep). They can be infinitely detailed, infinitely large, and any shape or colour pattern that can be described using mathematics can be represented exactly.
* Curv exposes the full power of F-Rep programming to experts. The standard geometry library is written entirely in Curv. Many of the demos seen on shadertoy.com can be reproduced in Curv, using shorter, simpler programs. Experts can package techniques used on shadertoy as high level operations for use by beginners.
* Rendering is GPU accelerated. Curv programs are compiled into fragment shaders which are executed on the GPU.
* Curv can export meshes to STL, OBJ and X3D files for 3D printing. The X3D format supports full colour 3D printing (on Shapeways.com, at least). These meshes are defect free: watertight, manifold, with no self intersections, degenerate triangles, or flipped triangles.

This snapped version doesn't support opening an external editor ("-e" command-line option); you have to open it yourself.

For example geometries, go to <https://github.com/curv3d/curv/tree/master/examples> .

This is an UNOFFICIAL package, not related to the project. There are known issues with some GPUs setup; if you're interested in troubleshooting, feel free to contact me.

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## Install Curv 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/curv/arch)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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