--- title: Install GNOME Boxes on Red Hat Enterprise Linux using the Snap Store | Snapcraft description: Get the latest version of GNOME Boxes for on Red Hat Enterprise Linux - Virtualization made simple url: https://snapcraft.io/install/gnome-boxes/rhel --- [Canonical Snapcraft](https://snapcraft.io/) # Install GNOME Boxes on **Red Hat Enterprise Linux** # GNOME Boxes [Canonical](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/canonical "View all snaps from Canonical") * [Canonical](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/canonical "View all snaps from Canonical") * [Utilities](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=utilities) [Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/gnome-boxes/rhel#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 --- ### License * GPL-3.0-or-later --- ### Last updated * 2 September 2026 - latest/stable * 29 August 2026 - latest/candidate --- ### Contact * [github.com/ubuntu/gnome-boxes](https://github.com/ubuntu/gnome-boxes "https://github.com/ubuntu/gnome-boxes") --- ### Report a bug * [github.com/ubuntu/gnome-boxes/issues](https://github.com/ubuntu/gnome-boxes/issues "https://github.com/ubuntu/gnome-boxes/issues") --- ##### Report a Snap Store violation * [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/gnome-boxes/rhel#report-snap-modal) --- ## Enable snaps on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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 [Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8](https://www.redhat.com/en/enterprise-linux-8) and RHEL 7, from the 7.6 release onward. The packages for RHEL 7, RHEL 8, and RHEL 9 are in each distribution’s respective [Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL) (EPEL) repository. The instructions for adding this repository diverge slightly between RHEL 7, RHEL 8 and RHEL 9, which is why they’re listed separately below. The EPEL repository can be added to **RHEL 9** with the following command: ``` sudo dnf install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-9.noarch.rpm sudo dnf upgrade ``` The EPEL repository can be added to **RHEL 8** with the following command: ``` sudo dnf install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm sudo dnf upgrade ``` The EPEL repository can be added to **RHEL 7** with the following command: ``` sudo rpm -ivh https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm ``` Adding the *optional* and *extras* repositories is also recommended: ``` sudo subscription-manager repos --enable "rhel-*-optional-rpms" --enable "rhel-*-extras-rpms" sudo yum update ``` 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 ``` ### 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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