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title: Install alacritty on CentOS using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of alacritty for on CentOS - A cross-platform,
  GPU enhanced terminal emulator.
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/alacritty/centos
---

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# Install alacritty on **CentOS**

# alacritty

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[Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/alacritty/centos#install)

#### A cross-platform, GPU enhanced terminal emulator.

Alacritty is a modern terminal emulator that comes with sensible defaults, but allows for
extensive configuration. By integrating with other applications, rather than reimplementing their
functionality, it manages to provide a flexible set of features with high performance

**Authors**

This snap is maintained by the Snapcrafters community, and is not necessarily endorsed or
officially maintained by the upstream developers.

### Package name

* alacritty

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### License

* Apache-2.0

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### Last updated

* 25 August 2026 - latest/stable
* 24 August 2026 - latest/candidate

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### Websites

* [alacritty.org](https://alacritty.org "https://alacritty.org")

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### Contact

* [github.com](https://github.com//snapcrafters/alacritty/issues "https://github.com//snapcrafters/alacritty/issues")

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### Source code

* [github.com/alacritty/discord](https://github.com/alacritty/discord "https://github.com/alacritty/discord")

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### Report a bug

* [github.com](https://github.com//snapcrafters/alacritty/issues "https://github.com//snapcrafters/alacritty/issues")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

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

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## Enable snaps on CentOS and install alacritty

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

Snap is available for [CentOS 7.6+](https://snapcraft.io/install/alacritty/centos), and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6+, from the [Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL) (EPEL) repository. The EPEL repository can be added to your system with the following command:

```
sudo yum install epel-release
```

Snap can now be installed as follows:

```
sudo yum install snapd
```

Once installed, the *systemd* unit that manages the main snap communication socket needs to be enabled:

```
sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.socket
```

To enable *classic* snap support, enter the following to create a symbolic link between `/var/lib/snapd/snap` and `/snap`:

```
sudo ln -s /var/lib/snapd/snap /snap
```

Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly.

### Install alacritty

To install alacritty, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install alacritty --classic
```

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