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

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# Install GNOME Boxes on **Ubuntu**

# GNOME Boxes

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[Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/gnome-boxes/ubuntu#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/ubuntu#report-snap-modal)

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## Enable snaps on Ubuntu 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

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 GNOME Boxes

To install GNOME Boxes, simply use the following command:

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

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