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title: Install helium-miner on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of helium-miner for Linux - Miner for helium blockchain
  (developer version)
url: https://snapcraft.io/helium-miner
---

# helium-miner

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latest/edge 0.1.0

Install latest/edge of helium-miner

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 helium-miner --edge
```

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

helium-miner is only available on the unstable edge channel. It could break and change often.

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### Package name

* helium-miner

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### License

* unset

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### Last updated

* 25 August 2021 - 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/helium-miner#report-snap-modal)

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

#### Miner for helium blockchain (developer version)

+++++ NOTE !!! +++++
This miner *will not mine HNT* for you. Actual mining requires hardware keys
to be available on your gateway that are only available on actual helium miner
gateway hardware ! Without such hardware it will run, but not generate HNT.

If you are running on an actual HNT Gateway, please edit the {key, ...} entry
in /var/snap/helium-miner/common/config/sys.config to make it talk to the i2c
slot holding the key.

For more detail visit <https://docs.helium.com/mine-hnt/>
+++++ NOTE !!! +++++

Miner for the helium blockchain. This snap requires multiple interfaces to
be connected before the miner daemon can start.

```
 snap connect helium-miner:log-observe
 snap connect helium-miner:hardware-observe
 snap connect helium-miner:network-control
```

After connecting these interfaces the miner daemon will automatically start.
All variable data and log files are stored under /var/snap/helium-miner/common

If you run this snap on an officially approved helium hotspot, you can allow
access to an i2c attached key via

```
 snap connect helium-miner:i2c pi:i2c-1
```

To talk directly to the miner daemon you can use the shipped
helium-miner command like below.

```
 helium-miner info summary
```

The genesis blockchain api can be found in
/var/snap/helium-miner/common/miner/update/genesis
You can use the "helium-miner genesis load ..." command
pointing to that directory to load and update the blockchain api.

The miner daemon registers as com.helium.Miner to the system dbus of the host

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## Install helium-miner 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/helium-miner/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/helium-miner/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/helium-miner/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/helium-miner/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/helium-miner/fedora)

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

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/helium-miner/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/helium-miner/manjaro)

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

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/helium-miner/opensuse)

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

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/helium-miner/ubuntu)

[### Raspberry Pi](https://snapcraft.io/install/helium-miner/raspbian)