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title: Install dracut on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of dracut for Linux - dracut - the event driven
  initramfs infrastructure
url: https://snapcraft.io/dracut
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# dracut

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Install latest/stable of dracut

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install dracut
```

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

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### Package name

* dracut

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### License

* unset

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### Last updated

* 20 August 2026 - latest/stable
* 21 September 2026 - latest/edge

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### Websites

* [github.com/dracut-ng/dracut](https://github.com/dracut-ng/dracut "https://github.com/dracut-ng/dracut")

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### Source code

* [github.com/dracut-ng/dracut](https://github.com/dracut-ng/dracut "https://github.com/dracut-ng/dracut")

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

#### dracut - the event driven initramfs infrastructure

dracut creates an initrd image by copying tools and files
from an installed system and combining it with dracut modules,
usually found in /usr/lib/dracut/modules.d.

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## Install dracut 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/dracut/arch)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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