--- title: Install gazebo on Ubuntu using the Snap Store | Snapcraft description: Get the latest version of gazebo for on Ubuntu - Iterate quickly on design concepts and control strategies with Ignition's rich suite of tools, libraries, and cloud services. url: https://snapcraft.io/install/gazebo/ubuntu --- [Canonical Snapcraft](https://snapcraft.io/) # Install gazebo on **Ubuntu** # gazebo [Ubuntu Robotics Community (ubuntu-robotics-community)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/ubuntu-robotics-community "View all snaps from Ubuntu Robotics Community (ubuntu-robotics-community)") * [Ubuntu Robotics Community (ubuntu-robotics-community)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/ubuntu-robotics-community "View all snaps from Ubuntu Robotics Community (ubuntu-robotics-community)") * [Development](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=development) * [Science](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=science) [Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/gazebo/ubuntu#install) #### Iterate quickly on design concepts and control strategies with Ignition's rich suite of tools, libraries, and cloud services. Gazebo (formerly known as Ignition [1]) is an open source robotics simulator maintained by Open Robotics [2]. Through Gazebo, users have access to high fidelity physics, rendering, and sensor models. Additionally, users and developers have multiple points of entry to simulation, including a graphical user interface, plugins, and asynchronous message passing and services. Gazebo brings a fresh approach to simulation with a complete toolbox of development libraries and cloud services to make simulation easy. Iterate fast on your new physical designs in realistic environments with high fidelity sensor streams. Test control strategies in safety, and take advantage of simulation in continuous integration tests. **Note**: This is a beta release, do expect bugs and limitations. If you encounter any, please do report it [3]. Installation Instructions: * Install Gazebo from a terminal, `snap install gazebo --edge` * Test your installation, `gazebo.gz gazebo shapes.sdf` If you are following the Gazebo 'Getting Started' documentation, you can replace the entire 'Step 1: Install' with the snap command and resume at 'Step 2: Run'. Learn more about Gazebo on the official website [4]. [1] [2] [3] [4] ### Package name * gazebo --- ### License * Apache-2.0 --- ### Last updated * 20 June 2025 - harmonic/stable * 20 June 2025 - harmonic/candidate --- ### Websites * [ignitionrobotics.org](https://ignitionrobotics.org/home "https://ignitionrobotics.org/home") --- ### Contact * [jeremie.deray@canonical.com](mailto:jeremie.deray@canonical.com "mailto:jeremie.deray@canonical.com") --- ##### Report a Snap Store violation * [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/gazebo/ubuntu#report-snap-modal) --- ## Enable snaps on Ubuntu and install gazebo 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 gazebo To install gazebo, simply use the following command: ``` sudo snap install gazebo ``` ### 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? Want to publish your own application? Visit [snapcraft.io](https://snapcraft.io/) now. [Back to top](https://snapcraft.io/install/gazebo/ubuntu) © 2026 Canonical Ltd. Ubuntu and Canonical are registered trademarks of Canonical Ltd. 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