--- title: Install Focale on Arch Linux using the Snap Store | Snapcraft description: Get the latest version of Focale for on Arch Linux - Retouch, compose and create with precision url: https://snapcraft.io/install/focale/arch --- [Canonical Snapcraft](https://snapcraft.io/) # Install Focale on **Arch Linux** # Focale [Hugo Delaunay (skyost)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/skyost "View all snaps from Hugo Delaunay (skyost)") * [Hugo Delaunay (skyost)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/skyost "View all snaps from Hugo Delaunay (skyost)") * [Art and Design](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=art-and-design) * [Photo and Video](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=photo-and-video) [Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/focale/arch#install) #### Retouch, compose and create with precision **Focale** is an image editor for people who care about detail. Retouch a photograph, assemble a composition from many sources or paint on a blank canvas: it all happens in one workspace. Start from a photograph. Develop your camera RAW files, correct lens distortion, then retouch: remove a distracting element, refine the edge of a selection, or merge several shots into a panorama or an HDR image. Or start from an idea. Stack layers, mask them and blend them, and keep your adjustments editable instead of baking them into the pixels. Paint with brushes that follow your hand, draw paths and vector shapes, and set text exactly where you want it. Your work stays with you. Images are processed on your device, and .focale projects keep your layers, masks and resources together so that you can pick up where you left off. Focale also opens and exports the usual image formats, including layered PSD and PSB documents, so it fits the way you already work. **FEATURES** * Layers, groups, masks, blend modes and adjustment layers. * Selection, healing, cloning and content-aware tools. * Brushes, gradients, paths, vector shapes and rich text. * Camera RAW development, panorama and HDR merges. * ICC color management, RGB and CMYK, up to 32 bits per channel. * Reusable brushes, patterns, styles and swatches, actions and batch jobs. * Autosave and recovery, custom workspaces and shortcuts, light and dark themes. ### Package name * focale --- ### License * Proprietary --- ### Last updated * 19 October 2026 - latest/stable --- ### Websites * [focale-editor.app](https://focale-editor.app "https://focale-editor.app") --- ### Donations * [focale-editor.app](https://focale-editor.app/support "https://focale-editor.app/support") --- ### Report a bug * [focale-editor.app](https://focale-editor.app/issues "https://focale-editor.app/issues") --- ##### Report a Snap Store violation * [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/focale/arch#report-snap-modal) --- ## Enable snaps on Arch Linux and install Focale 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 Focale To install Focale, simply use the following command: ``` sudo snap install focale ``` ### 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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