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title: Install Glowing Bear on Ubuntu using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of Glowing Bear for on Ubuntu - Glowing Bear
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# Install Glowing Bear on **Ubuntu**

# Glowing Bear (glowing-bear-aio)

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[Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/glowing-bear-aio/ubuntu#install)

#### Glowing Bear

Glowing Bear is a web frontend for the WeeChat IRC client and strives to be a modern interface. It relies on WeeChat to do all the heavy lifting and then provides some nice features on top of that, like embedding images, videos, and other content. The best part, however, is that you can use it from any modern internet device -- whether it's a computer, tablet, or smart phone -- and all your stuff is there, wherever you are.

This is an all-in-one Electron version of Glowing Bear which runs locally on your machine, independent of a web browser.

### Package name

* glowing-bear-aio

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### License

* GPL-3.0+

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### Last updated

* 23 March 2026 - latest/stable

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### Websites

* [github.com/glowing-bear/glowing-bear](https://github.com/glowing-bear/glowing-bear "https://github.com/glowing-bear/glowing-bear")
* [glowing-bear.org](https://glowing-bear.org/ "https://glowing-bear.org/")

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### Source code

* [github.com/glowing-bear/glowing-bear](https://github.com/glowing-bear/glowing-bear "https://github.com/glowing-bear/glowing-bear")

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## Enable snaps on Ubuntu and install Glowing Bear

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 Glowing Bear

To install Glowing Bear, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install glowing-bear-aio
```

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