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This snap provides the GNOME stack to other snaps that use it. It shares the base GNOME libraries and desktop integration components through the content interface. This helps reduce the size of snaps and helps developers to easily snap desktop applications.
For users
This snap is automatically installed and removed when needed. Manually adding or removing this snap is not recommended and might break things.
If you are having issues with snaps using GNOME, please contact the experts on the Snapcraft forum: https://forum.snapcraft.io/
If you want to install the GNOME Desktop Environment, then you are in the wrong place. Please take a look at https://www.gnome.org/ for more information on how to get it.
Enable snaps on elementary OS and install gnome-core26
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, an app store with an audience of millions.
Enable snapd
Snap can be installed on elementary OS from the command line. Open Terminal from the Applications launcher and type the following:
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-core26
To install gnome-core26, simply use the following command: