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title: Install egmde on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of egmde for Linux - Try Mir as your desktop,
  or as a window on your desktop
url: https://snapcraft.io/egmde
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# egmde

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latest/stable 156-mir2.13.1-snap204

Install latest/stable of egmde

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install egmde --classic
```

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

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### Package name

* egmde

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### License

* GPL-3.0

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### Last updated

* 11 April 2025 - latest/stable
* 11 April 2025 - latest/edge

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### Websites

* [github.com/MirServer/egmde-snap](https://github.com/MirServer/egmde-snap "https://github.com/MirServer/egmde-snap")

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### Contact

* [alan.griffiths@canonical.com](mailto:alan.griffiths@canonical.com "mailto:alan.griffiths@canonical.com")

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

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

#### Try Mir as your desktop, or as a window on your desktop

\*\*Note: egmde is no longer the best user experience from a Mir based shell, for that see [https://snapcraft.io/miriway\*\*](https://snapcraft.io/miriway**)

Egmde is a "worked example" of using Mir written to accompany a set of blog posts. It is a basic, usable graphical shell, not a not a fully functional desktop environment.

These blog posts are listed here: <https://github.com/AlanGriffiths/egmde/wiki>

They don’t cover aspects of a desktop environment that are not related to using Mir. Missing functionality includes: integrating into the system for screen locking & suspend, policy kit integration, and internationalization.

To use egmde as your desktop, select it when logging in, to run it on your desktop run "egmde".

Egmde can be configured by editing ~/.config/egmde.config or on the commandline. Common options are documented in the file created by default. All options are listed with:

```
 $ egmde --help
```

There is also some limited support for "remote desktop" meaning egmde can be used over VNC.

```
 $ egmde.remote --help
```

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## Install egmde 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/egmde/arch)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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