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title: Install gphoto2 on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of gphoto2 for Linux - The gphoto2 command-line
  tool for accessing and controlling digital cameras.
url: https://snapcraft.io/gphoto2
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# gphoto2

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latest/stable latest

Install latest/stable of gphoto2

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 gphoto2
```

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

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### Package name

* gphoto2

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### License

* unset

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### Last updated

* 14 May 2019 - latest/stable
* 13 May 2019 - latest/edge

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

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/gphoto2#report-snap-modal)

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* [Description](https://snapcraft.io/gphoto2#tab-description)
* [Security](https://snapcraft.io/gphoto2#tab-security)

#### The gphoto2 command-line tool for accessing and controlling digital cameras.

gPhoto2 is a free, redistributable, ready to use set of digital camera
software applications for Unix-like systems, written by a whole team of
dedicated volunteers around the world. It supports more than 2500 cameras

gPhoto2 runs on a large range of UNIX-like operating system, including Linux,
FreeBSD, NetBSD, MacOS X, etc. gPhoto is provided by major Linux
distributions like Debian GNU/Linux, Ubuntu, Gentoo, Fedora, openSUSE,
Mandriva, etc.

libgphoto2 is freely available and distributed under the terms of the GNU
LGPL.; the other gphoto programs are freely available and distributed under
the terms of the GNU GPL.

Newer libgphoto2 versions also support Media Transfer Protocol (MTP) based
media players since their communications protocol is based on the Picture
Transfer Protocol (PTP).

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## Install gphoto2 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/gphoto2/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/gphoto2/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/gphoto2/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/gphoto2/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/gphoto2/fedora)

[### KDE Neon](https://snapcraft.io/install/gphoto2/kde-neon)

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/gphoto2/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/gphoto2/manjaro)

[### Pop!\_OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/gphoto2/pop)

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/gphoto2/opensuse)

[### Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/gphoto2/rhel)

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/gphoto2/ubuntu)

[### Raspberry Pi](https://snapcraft.io/install/gphoto2/raspbian)