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title: Install ecrou on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of ecrou for Linux - a small microVM runtime based
  on libkrun
url: https://snapcraft.io/ecrou
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# ecrou

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* [Utilities](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=utilities)

latest/stable 0.2.0

Install latest/stable of ecrou

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install ecrou
```

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

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### Package name

* ecrou

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### License

* MIT

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### Last updated

* 1 November 2026 - latest/stable

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### Websites

* [github.com/vhaudiquet/ecrou](https://github.com/vhaudiquet/ecrou "https://github.com/vhaudiquet/ecrou")

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### Contact

* [github.com/vhaudiquet/ecrou/issues](https://github.com/vhaudiquet/ecrou/issues "https://github.com/vhaudiquet/ecrou/issues")

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### Source code

* [github.com/vhaudiquet/ecrou](https://github.com/vhaudiquet/ecrou "https://github.com/vhaudiquet/ecrou")

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### Report a bug

* [github.com/vhaudiquet/ecrou/issues](https://github.com/vhaudiquet/ecrou/issues "https://github.com/vhaudiquet/ecrou/issues")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

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

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

#### a small microVM runtime based on libkrun

ecrou boots disposable Linux environments as one-shot microVMs on
libkrun: it resolves an image reference, boots the microVM,
runs the command, and throws the machine away.
Volume sharing `-v` and other features are available.

## Install

ecrou is strictly confined.

```
 sudo snap install ecrou
```

## First run

Connect the KVM interface:

```
 sudo snap connect ecrou:kvm
```

Then run a microVM:

```
 ecrou run -it ubuntu
```

## Diagnostics

`ecrou probe` reports what a run would find: KVM, libkrun, the
cache directory.

## Configuration and cache

* image cache: `~/snap/ecrou/common/cache/ecrou`

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## Install ecrou 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/ecrou/arch)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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