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title: Install chr on Arch Linux using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of chr for on Arch Linux - terminal-based text
  editor - chr
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/chr/arch
---

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# Install chr on **Arch Linux**

# chr

[Christoph Hueffelmann (chr-istoph)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/chr-istoph "View all snaps from Christoph Hueffelmann (chr-istoph)")

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[Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/chr/arch#install)

#### terminal-based text editor - chr

Keyboard shortcuts are similar to the default editors in Gnome, KDE and other desktop environments. This is to ease workflows alternating between GUIs and terminal.

The look and feel is a blend of modern GUI editors and late 90s PC text mode editors (e.g. Turbo Vision based or edit.com) adapted to fit into terminal based workflows.

It has been written from scratch using Tui Widget

### Package name

* chr

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### License

* BSL-1.0

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### Last updated

* 20 October 2025 - latest/stable
* 8 October 2025 - latest/edge

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### Source code

* [github.com/istoph/editor](https://github.com/istoph/editor "https://github.com/istoph/editor")

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## Enable snaps on Arch Linux and install chr

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

On Arch Linux, snap can be installed from the [Arch User Repository (AUR).](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/snapd/)
The [manual build process](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_User_Repository#Installing_packages) is the Arch-supported
install method for AUR packages, and you’ll need the [prerequisites](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_User_Repository#Prerequisites)
installed before you can install any AUR package. You can then install snap with the following:

```
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/snapd.git
cd snapd
makepkg -si
```

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

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

If [AppArmor](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/AppArmor) is enabled in your system, enable the service which loads AppArmor profiles for snaps:

```
sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.apparmor.service
```

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 chr

To install chr, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install chr --classic
```

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