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title: Install Eye of GNOME on Ubuntu using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of Eye of GNOME for on Ubuntu - Eye of GNOME Image
  Viewer
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/eog/ubuntu
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# Install Eye of GNOME on **Ubuntu**

# Eye of GNOME (eog)

[GNOME](https://gnome.org/)

[Canonical](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/canonical "View all snaps from Canonical")

* [GNOME](https://gnome.org/)
* [Canonical](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/canonical "View all snaps from Canonical")
* [Photo and Video](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=photo-and-video)

[Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/eog/ubuntu#install)

#### Eye of GNOME Image Viewer

The Eye of GNOME image viewer is the official image viewer for the GNOME
Desktop environment. With it, you can view single image files, as well as
large image collections. The Eye of GNOME supports a variety of image file
formats. The GdkPixbuf library determines which file formats Eye of GNOME
can load and save.

### Package name

* eog

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### License

* GPL-3.0+

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### Last updated

* 29 May 2025 - latest/stable
* 11 March 2026 - latest/candidate

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### Contact

* [bugs.launchpad.net](https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/eog/+bugs?field.tag=snap "https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/eog/+bugs?field.tag=snap")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

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

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## Enable snaps on Ubuntu and install Eye of GNOME

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 [Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)](https://www.ubuntu.com/) or later, including [Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)](https://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/features) and [Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FocalFossa/ReleaseNotes), you don’t need to do anything. Snap is already installed and ready to go.

For versions of Ubuntu between [14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TrustyTahr/ReleaseNotes) and [15.10 (Wily Werewolf)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WilyWerewolf/ReleaseNotes), as well as Ubuntu flavours that don’t include *snap* by default, *snap* can be installed from the Ubuntu Software Centre by searching for *snapd*.

Alternatively, snapd can be installed from the command line:

```
sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd
```

Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly.

### Install Eye of GNOME

To install Eye of GNOME, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install eog
```

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### 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)

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