---
title: Install GNOME Boxes on CentOS using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of GNOME Boxes for on CentOS - Virtualization
  made simple
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/gnome-boxes/centos
---

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# Install GNOME Boxes on **CentOS**

# GNOME Boxes

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[Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/gnome-boxes/centos#install)

#### Virtualization made simple

Select an operating system and let Boxes download and install it for you
in a virtual machine.

Features:

* Download freely available operating systems.
* Automatically install CentOS Stream, Debian, Fedora, Microsoft Windows, OpenSUSE, Red
  Hat Enterprise Linux, and Ubuntu.
* Create virtual machines from operating system images with a couple of clicks.
* Limit the resources (memory and storage) your virtual machines consume from your system.
* Take snapshots of virtual machines to restore to previous states.
* Redirect USB devices from your physical machine into virtual machines.
* 3D acceleration for some of the supported operating systems.
* Automatically resize virtual machines displays to the window size.
* Share clipboard between your system and virtual machines.
* Share files to virtual machines by dropping them from your file manager into the Boxes window.
* Setup Shared Folders between your system and virtual machines.

### Package name

* gnome-boxes

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### License

* GPL-3.0-or-later

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### Last updated

* 2 September 2026 - latest/stable
* 29 August 2026 - latest/candidate

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### Contact

* [github.com/ubuntu/gnome-boxes](https://github.com/ubuntu/gnome-boxes "https://github.com/ubuntu/gnome-boxes")

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### Report a bug

* [github.com/ubuntu/gnome-boxes/issues](https://github.com/ubuntu/gnome-boxes/issues "https://github.com/ubuntu/gnome-boxes/issues")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

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

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## Enable snaps on CentOS and install GNOME Boxes

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

Snap is available for [CentOS 7.6+](https://snapcraft.io/install/gnome-boxes/centos), and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6+, from the [Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL) (EPEL) repository. The EPEL repository can be added to your system with the following command:

```
sudo yum install epel-release
```

Snap can now be installed as follows:

```
sudo yum install snapd
```

Once installed, the *systemd* unit that manages the main snap communication socket needs to be enabled:

```
sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.socket
```

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 GNOME Boxes

To install GNOME Boxes, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install gnome-boxes
```

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