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title: Install barbatos on Ubuntu using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of barbatos for on Ubuntu - Frictionless Android
  Runtime Debugger & MCP Server
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/barbatos/ubuntu
---

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# Install barbatos on **Ubuntu**

# barbatos

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[Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/barbatos/ubuntu#install)

#### Frictionless Android Runtime Debugger & MCP Server

Barbatos is a zero-setup Android runtime debugger designed to bring the power of
Frida to developers and AI agents without the complexity of manual setup.
It grants the ability to deeply understand an app's behavior, reveal hidden
states in the heap, and modify execution flow in real-time.

Main Features:

* Class Discovery: Real-time enumeration of loaded Java/Kotlin classes.
* Deep Inspection: Recursive traversal of object hierarchies (Fields, Maps,
  Collections).
* Method Hooking: Intercept execution flow, inspect arguments, and capture
  return values.
* Live Field Editing: Modify primitive field values (String, Int, Boolean)
  instantly.
* AI-Driven Debugging: Built-in MCP (Model Context Protocol) Server to let
  LLMs (Claude/Cursor) debug your app autonomously.

This snap includes:

* 'barbatos': The interactive TUI shell.
* 'barbatos.bridge': The Frida RPC bridge (required for TUI and MCP).
* 'barbatos.mcp': The MCP server for connecting AI agents.

Note: After installation, run 'sudo snap connect barbatos:adb-support'
to allow the debugger to communicate with your Android devices.

### Package name

* barbatos

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### License

* unset

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### Last updated

* 25 April 2026 - latest/stable

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### Websites

* [barbatos.victorlpgazolli.dev](https://barbatos.victorlpgazolli.dev/ "https://barbatos.victorlpgazolli.dev/")

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### Source code

* [github.com/victorlpgazolli/barbatos](https://github.com/victorlpgazolli/barbatos "https://github.com/victorlpgazolli/barbatos")

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

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## Enable snaps on Ubuntu and install barbatos

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

If you’re running [Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)](https://www.ubuntu.com/) or later, including [Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)](https://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/features) and [Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FocalFossa/ReleaseNotes), you don’t need to do anything. Snap is already installed and ready to go.

For versions of Ubuntu between [14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TrustyTahr/ReleaseNotes) and [15.10 (Wily Werewolf)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WilyWerewolf/ReleaseNotes), as well as Ubuntu flavours that don’t include *snap* by default, *snap* can be installed from the Ubuntu Software Centre by searching for *snapd*.

Alternatively, snapd can be installed from the command line:

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

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

### Install barbatos

To install barbatos, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install barbatos
```

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