---
title: Install helium-miner on Debian using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of helium-miner for on Debian - Miner for helium
  blockchain (developer version)
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/helium-miner/debian
---

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# Install helium-miner on **Debian**

# helium-miner

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[Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/helium-miner/debian#install)

#### Miner for helium blockchain (developer version)

+++++ NOTE !!! +++++
This miner *will not mine HNT* for you. Actual mining requires hardware keys
to be available on your gateway that are only available on actual helium miner
gateway hardware ! Without such hardware it will run, but not generate HNT.

If you are running on an actual HNT Gateway, please edit the {key, ...} entry
in /var/snap/helium-miner/common/config/sys.config to make it talk to the i2c
slot holding the key.

For more detail visit <https://docs.helium.com/mine-hnt/>
+++++ NOTE !!! +++++

Miner for the helium blockchain. This snap requires multiple interfaces to
be connected before the miner daemon can start.

```
 snap connect helium-miner:log-observe
 snap connect helium-miner:hardware-observe
 snap connect helium-miner:network-control
```

After connecting these interfaces the miner daemon will automatically start.
All variable data and log files are stored under /var/snap/helium-miner/common

If you run this snap on an officially approved helium hotspot, you can allow
access to an i2c attached key via

```
 snap connect helium-miner:i2c pi:i2c-1
```

To talk directly to the miner daemon you can use the shipped
helium-miner command like below.

```
 helium-miner info summary
```

The genesis blockchain api can be found in
/var/snap/helium-miner/common/miner/update/genesis
You can use the "helium-miner genesis load ..." command
pointing to that directory to load and update the blockchain api.

The miner daemon registers as com.helium.Miner to the system dbus of the host

### Package name

* helium-miner

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### License

* unset

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### Last updated

* 25 August 2021 - latest/edge

This snap hasn't been updated in a while. It might be unmaintained and have stability or security issues.

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## Enable snaps on Debian and install helium-miner

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

On Debian 9 (Stretch) and newer, snap can be installed directly from the command line:

```
sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd
```

After this, install the snapd snap in order to get the latest snapd:

```
sudo snap install snapd
```

### Install helium-miner

To install helium-miner, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install helium-miner --edge
```

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