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title: Install GNOME Boxes on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of GNOME Boxes for Linux - Virtualization made
  simple
url: https://snapcraft.io/gnome-boxes
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# GNOME Boxes

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* [Canonical](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/canonical "View all snaps from Canonical")
* [Utilities](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=utilities)

latest/stable 50.0

Install latest/stable of GNOME Boxes

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install gnome-boxes
```

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

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### Package name

* gnome-boxes

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### License

* GPL-3.0-or-later

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### Last updated

* 2 September 2026 - latest/stable
* 29 August 2026 - latest/candidate

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### Contact

* [github.com/ubuntu/gnome-boxes](https://github.com/ubuntu/gnome-boxes "https://github.com/ubuntu/gnome-boxes")

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### Report a bug

* [github.com/ubuntu/gnome-boxes/issues](https://github.com/ubuntu/gnome-boxes/issues "https://github.com/ubuntu/gnome-boxes/issues")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

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

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

#### Virtualization made simple

Select an operating system and let Boxes download and install it for you
in a virtual machine.

Features:

* Download freely available operating systems.
* Automatically install CentOS Stream, Debian, Fedora, Microsoft Windows, OpenSUSE, Red
  Hat Enterprise Linux, and Ubuntu.
* Create virtual machines from operating system images with a couple of clicks.
* Limit the resources (memory and storage) your virtual machines consume from your system.
* Take snapshots of virtual machines to restore to previous states.
* Redirect USB devices from your physical machine into virtual machines.
* 3D acceleration for some of the supported operating systems.
* Automatically resize virtual machines displays to the window size.
* Share clipboard between your system and virtual machines.
* Share files to virtual machines by dropping them from your file manager into the Boxes window.
* Setup Shared Folders between your system and virtual machines.

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## Install GNOME Boxes 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/gnome-boxes/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/gnome-boxes/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/gnome-boxes/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/gnome-boxes/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/gnome-boxes/fedora)

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

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/gnome-boxes/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/gnome-boxes/manjaro)

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

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/gnome-boxes/opensuse)

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

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/gnome-boxes/ubuntu)