---
title: Install dotdrop on Arch Linux using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of dotdrop for on Arch Linux - Save your dotfiles
  once, deploy them everywhere
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/dotdrop/arch
---

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# Install dotdrop on **Arch Linux**

# dotdrop

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

#### Save your dotfiles once, deploy them everywhere

Dotdrop makes the management of dotfiles between different hosts easy.
It allows to store your dotfiles on git and automagically deploy different versions
of the same file on different setups.

It also allows to manage different sets of dotfiles.
For example you can have a set of dotfiles for your home laptop and a different
set for your office desktop. Those sets may overlap and different versions of
the same dotfiles can be deployed on different predefined profiles.
Or you may have a main set of dotfiles for your everyday's host and a sub-set you
only need to deploy to temporary hosts (cloud VM, etc) that may be using a slightly
different version of some of the dotfiles.
It allows to store your dotfiles on git and automagically deploy
different versions of the same file on different setups.

Project page: <https://github.com/deadc0de6/dotdrop>

### Package name

* dotdrop

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### License

* GPL-3.0

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### Last updated

* 15 October 2026 - latest/stable

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### Websites

* [github.com/deadc0de6/dotdrop](https://github.com/deadc0de6/dotdrop "https://github.com/deadc0de6/dotdrop")

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## Enable snaps on Arch Linux and install dotdrop

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 dotdrop

To install dotdrop, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install dotdrop
```

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