---
title: Install Docent on Manjaro Linux using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of Docent for on Manjaro Linux - Learn Ceph on
  your own PC by breaking and fixing a real cluster
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/docent/manjaro
---

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# Install Docent on **Manjaro Linux**

# Docent

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[Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/docent/manjaro#install)

#### Learn Ceph on your own PC by breaking and fixing a real cluster

Docent is a self-study lab for Ceph. It runs three LXD virtual machines on
your computer, lets you install MicroCeph on them step by step, and shows
what the cluster does as it happens. In fault diagnosis it breaks something
real, checks your fix by itself, and explains the cause when you give up.

**Install**

```
 sudo snap install docent
 sudo bash /snap/docent/current/docent-install.sh
```

The setup script installs LXD (or uses the one you already have), connects
Docent to it over HTTPS on 127.0.0.1, creates the three VMs while showing
their progress, and prints the web address when they are ready
(<http://127.0.0.1:8484>). The first run takes 5 to 10 minutes.

**Use**

* `docent`: print the web address
* `sudo docent status`: web and VM status
* `sudo docent watch`: watch VMs being created
* `sudo docent destroy`, then `sudo docent create`: start over with new VMs
* `sudo snap set docent vm-memory=3GiB vm-cpu=2`: size of the next VMs
  (without vm-cpu, each VM may use every CPU of the computer)
* `sudo snap remove docent`: remove Docent, its VMs and their disks

Where sudo does not look in /snap/bin (Arch, Fedora), type
`sudo /snap/bin/docent` instead.

**Needs**

An x86\_64 Linux PC with virtualization turned on (/dev/kvm), 16GiB of memory
(less works with smaller VMs) and about 30GiB of free disk.

### Package name

* docent

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### License

* Apache-2.0

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### Last updated

* Yesterday - latest/edge

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## Enable snaps on Manjaro Linux and install Docent

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

Snapd can be installed from Manjaro’s Add/Remove Software application (Pamac), found in the launch menu. From the application, search for *snapd*, select the result, and click Apply.

Alternatively, *snapd* can be installed from the command line:

```
sudo pacman -S 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 Docent

To install Docent, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install docent --edge
```

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