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title: Install chafa on Kubuntu using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of chafa for on Kubuntu - CLI converter of image
  and GIFs to sizel or ANSI/Unicode characters
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/chafa/kubuntu
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# Install chafa on **Kubuntu**

# chafa

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

#### CLI converter of image and GIFs to sizel or ANSI/Unicode characters

Chafa is a highly configurable command line utility that converts images
and GIFs into sixel or ANSI/Unicore character outputs. It has support
for alpha transparency, multiple colour modes and colour spaces,
combining selectable ranges of Unicode characters to product the desired
output.

### Package name

* chafa

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### License

* unset

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### Last updated

* 4 February 2021 - latest/candidate
* 18 February 2025 - latest/edge

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

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

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## Enable snaps on Kubuntu and install chafa

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 chafa

To install chafa, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install chafa --candidate
```

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