--- title: Install codex on Red Hat Enterprise Linux using the Snap Store | Snapcraft description: Get the latest version of codex for on Red Hat Enterprise Linux - Codex - One agent for everywhere you code url: https://snapcraft.io/install/codex/rhel --- [Canonical Snapcraft](https://snapcraft.io/) # Install codex on **Red Hat Enterprise Linux** # codex [jcat (jcat-nysasounds)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/jcat-nysasounds "View all snaps from jcat (jcat-nysasounds)") * [jcat (jcat-nysasounds)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/jcat-nysasounds "View all snaps from jcat (jcat-nysasounds)") * [Development](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=development) * [Productivity](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=productivity) [Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/codex/rhel#install) #### Codex - One agent for everywhere you code One agent for everywhere you code Codex is OpenAI’s coding agent for software development. ChatGPT Plus, Pro, Business, Edu, and Enterprise plans include Codex. It can help you: * **Write code**: Describe what you want to build, and Codex generates code that matches your intent, adapting to your existing project structure and conventions. * **Understand unfamiliar codebases**: Codex can read and explain complex or legacy code, helping you grasp how teams organize systems. * **Review code**: Codex analyzes code to identify potential bugs, logic errors, and unhandled edge cases. * **Debug and fix problems**: When something breaks, Codex helps trace failures, diagnose root causes, and suggest targeted fixes. * **Automate development tasks**: Codex can run repetitive workflows such as refactoring, testing, migrations, and setup tasks so you can focus on higher-level engineering work ### Package name * codex --- ### License * Apache-2.0 --- ### Last updated * 14 March 2026 - latest/stable * 30 September 2026 - latest/edge --- ##### Report a Snap Store violation * [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/codex/rhel#report-snap-modal) --- ## Enable snaps on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and install codex 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 is available for [Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8](https://www.redhat.com/en/enterprise-linux-8) and RHEL 7, from the 7.6 release onward. The packages for RHEL 7, RHEL 8, and RHEL 9 are in each distribution’s respective [Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL) (EPEL) repository. The instructions for adding this repository diverge slightly between RHEL 7, RHEL 8 and RHEL 9, which is why they’re listed separately below. The EPEL repository can be added to **RHEL 9** with the following command: ``` sudo dnf install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-9.noarch.rpm sudo dnf upgrade ``` The EPEL repository can be added to **RHEL 8** with the following command: ``` sudo dnf install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm sudo dnf upgrade ``` The EPEL repository can be added to **RHEL 7** with the following command: ``` sudo rpm -ivh https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm ``` Adding the *optional* and *extras* repositories is also recommended: ``` sudo subscription-manager repos --enable "rhel-*-optional-rpms" --enable "rhel-*-extras-rpms" sudo yum update ``` Snap can now be installed as follows: ``` sudo yum install snapd ``` Once installed, the *systemd* unit that manages the main snap communication socket needs to be enabled: ``` sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.socket ``` 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 codex To install codex, simply use the following command: ``` sudo snap install codex ``` ### Other popular snaps… [See more...](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=featured) [See more in Featured](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=featured) ### More things to do… #### [Get the snap store](https://snapcraft.io/snap-store) Browse and find snaps from the convenience of your desktop using the snap store snap. #### [Learn more about snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs) Interested to find out more about snaps? 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