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title: Install Aachen Mensa CLI on Debian using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of Aachen Mensa CLI for on Debian - Terminal UI
  for querying StW Aachen Mensa menus
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/aachen-mensa-cli/debian
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# Install Aachen Mensa CLI on **Debian**

# Aachen Mensa CLI

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[Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/aachen-mensa-cli/debian#install)

#### Terminal UI for querying StW Aachen Mensa menus

Canteen menus from Studierendenwerk Aachen in your terminal - as one-shot
output for scripts, and as an interactive full-screen view.

Signing in uses RWTH's device-code flow: `mensa login` prints a URL that
already contains the confirmation code. Because a snap runs confined, the
credentials live in the snap's own directory rather than in ~/.config/mensa,
so this install needs a sign-in of its own.

Run `snap alias aachen-mensa-cli.mensa mensa` to get the short command the
documentation uses.

### Package name

* aachen-mensa-cli

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### License

* AGPL-3.0-or-later

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### Last updated

* 20 August 2026 - latest/stable
* 10 August 2026 - latest/edge

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### Websites

* [codeberg.org](https://codeberg.org/Gameheld/aachen-mensa-cli "https://codeberg.org/Gameheld/aachen-mensa-cli")

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### Source code

* [codeberg.org](https://codeberg.org/Gameheld/aachen-mensa-cli "https://codeberg.org/Gameheld/aachen-mensa-cli")

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### Report a bug

* [codeberg.org](https://codeberg.org/Gameheld/aachen-mensa-cli/issues "https://codeberg.org/Gameheld/aachen-mensa-cli/issues")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/aachen-mensa-cli/debian#report-snap-modal)

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## Enable snaps on Debian and install Aachen Mensa CLI

Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.

Snaps are discoverable and installable from the [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/store), an app store with an audience of millions.

### Enable snapd

On Debian 9 (Stretch) and newer, snap can be installed directly from the command line:

```
sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd
```

After this, install the snapd snap in order to get the latest snapd:

```
sudo snap install snapd
```

### Install Aachen Mensa CLI

To install Aachen Mensa CLI, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install aachen-mensa-cli
```

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