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title: Install ccls C/C++/ObjC Language Server on Kubuntu using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of ccls C/C++/ObjC Language Server for on Kubuntu
  - C/C++/ObjC Language Server
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/ccls/kubuntu
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# Install ccls C/C++/ObjC Language Server on **Kubuntu**

# ccls C/C++/ObjC Language Server (ccls)

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[Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/ccls/kubuntu#install)

#### C/C++/ObjC Language Server

ccls is a C/C++/Objective-C language server.

Features:

* Code completion (with both signature help and snippets)
* Definition/references, and other cross references
* Cross reference extensions: $ccls/call $ccls/inheritance $ccls/member $ccls/vars ...
* Formatting
* Hierarchies: call (caller/callee) hierarchy, inheritance (base/derived) hierarchy, member hierarchy
* Symbol rename
* Document symbols and approximate search of workspace symbol
* Hover information
* Diagnostics and code actions (clang FixIts)
* Semantic highlighting and preprocessor skipped regions
* Semantic navigation: $ccls/navigate

It has a global view of the code base and support a lot of cross
reference features, see wiki/FAQ. It starts indexing the whole project
(including subprojects if exist) parallelly when you open the first file,
while the main thread can serve requests before the indexing is
complete. Saving files will incrementally update the index.

### Package name

* ccls

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### License

* Apache-2.0

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### Last updated

* 17 September 2025 - latest/stable
* 8 October 2026 - latest/edge

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### Websites

* [github.com/MaskRay/ccls](https://github.com/MaskRay/ccls "https://github.com/MaskRay/ccls")

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### Contact

* [github.com/alexmurray/ccls-snap/issues](https://github.com/alexmurray/ccls-snap/issues "https://github.com/alexmurray/ccls-snap/issues")

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## Enable snaps on Kubuntu and install ccls C/C++/ObjC Language Server

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 [Kubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)](https://kubuntu.org/) or later, including [Kubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BionicBeaver/ReleaseNotes/Kubuntu) and [Kubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CosmicCuttlefish/ReleaseNotes/Kubuntu), you don’t need to do anything. Snap is already installed and ready to go.

Versions of Kubuntu between [14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)](https://kubuntu.org/news/kubuntu-14-04-lts) and [15.10 (Wily Werewolf)](https://kubuntu.org/news/kubuntu-15-10) don’t include *snap* by default, but *snap* can be installed from the command line as follows:

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

### Install ccls C/C++/ObjC Language Server

To install ccls C/C++/ObjC Language Server, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install ccls --classic
```

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