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title: Install GLM OCR on Ubuntu using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of GLM OCR for on Ubuntu - Local AI with GLM OCR
  inference snap
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/glm-ocr/ubuntu
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# Install GLM OCR on **Ubuntu**

# GLM OCR

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

* [Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/ubuntu "View all snaps from Ubuntu")

[Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/glm-ocr/ubuntu#install)

#### Local AI with GLM OCR inference snap

GLM-OCR is a compact multimodal model developed by Zhipu AI for optical character
recognition (OCR) and document understanding. It is designed to efficiently extract
and interpret text and structured information from images and documents.

Use this snap to quickly install an optimized environment for local inference with GLM-OCR.

The snap includes the following hardware-optimized inference engines:

* cpu: Optimized for x64 and ARM (armv8, armv9) CPUs
* nvidia-gpu: CUDA-enabled GPU acceleration

The most suitable engine is automatically selected based on the available hardware.

**Install:**

`sudo snap install glm-ocr`

**Run:**

`glm-ocr`

Some accelerators require extra drivers to be usable with this snap:
<https://documentation.ubuntu.com/inference-snaps/how-to/setup/drivers/>

**License:**

The GLM-OCR model is provided by Zhipu AI under the MIT license.

The licenses of all the bundled software can be found after installing the snap at
`/snap/glm-ocr/current/usr/share/doc`.

### Package name

* glm-ocr

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### License

* unset

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### Last updated

* 23 September 2026 - latest/stable
* 22 October 2026 - latest/beta

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### Websites

* [documentation.ubuntu.com](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/inference-snaps "https://documentation.ubuntu.com/inference-snaps")

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### Source code

* [github.com/canonical/glm-ocr-snap](https://github.com/canonical/glm-ocr-snap "https://github.com/canonical/glm-ocr-snap")

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### Report a bug

* [github.com/canonical/inference-snaps/issues](https://github.com/canonical/inference-snaps/issues "https://github.com/canonical/inference-snaps/issues")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

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

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## Enable snaps on Ubuntu and install GLM OCR

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 GLM OCR

To install GLM OCR, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install glm-ocr
```

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