---
title: Install CANExplorer on Pop!_OS using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of CANExplorer for on Pop!_OS - Monitor, analyse,
  diagnose and simulate CAN, CAN FD and LIN buses
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/canexplorer/pop
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# Install CANExplorer on **Pop!\_OS**

# CANExplorer

[Jules Atchoglo (akj7)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/akj7 "View all snaps from Jules Atchoglo (akj7)")

* [Jules Atchoglo (akj7)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/akj7 "View all snaps from Jules Atchoglo (akj7)")

[Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/canexplorer/pop#install)

#### Monitor, analyse, diagnose and simulate CAN, CAN FD and LIN buses

CANExplorer monitors, analyses, diagnoses and simulates CAN, CAN FD and LIN buses: a live trace with decoded
signals (DBC, DBF, ARXML, KCD, SYM, LDF), signal plots, recording and replay, bus health, UDS diagnostics and
flashing, J1939 and CANopen tools, simulated nodes with control panels, test automation, remote buses and MQTT.

Connect the interfaces for your hardware once after installing:

```
 sudo snap connect canexplorer:can-bus   # SocketCAN adapters: can0, vcan0 …
 sudo snap connect canexplorer:raw-usb   # USB adapters: candleLight/gs_usb, slcan, ELM327, GVRET …
```

Vendor driver libraries installed on the computer (PCAN-Basic, Kvaser CANlib) cannot be used from the snap; on
Linux these adapters work through SocketCAN.

### Package name

* canexplorer

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### License

* MIT

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### Last updated

* 20 October 2026 - latest/stable

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### Websites

* [akj7.github.io](https://akj7.github.io/CANExplorer/ "https://akj7.github.io/CANExplorer/")

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### Source code

* [github.com/AKJ7/CANExplorer](https://github.com/AKJ7/CANExplorer "https://github.com/AKJ7/CANExplorer")

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### Report a bug

* [github.com/AKJ7/CANExplorer/issues](https://github.com/AKJ7/CANExplorer/issues "https://github.com/AKJ7/CANExplorer/issues")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

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

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## Enable snaps on Pop!\_OS and install CANExplorer

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 can be installed on Pop!\_OS from the command line. Open Terminal from the Applications launcher and type the following:

```
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 CANExplorer

To install CANExplorer, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install canexplorer
```

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