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title: Install iamb on Red Hat Enterprise Linux using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of iamb for on Red Hat Enterprise Linux - A Matrix
  client for Vim addicts
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/iamb/rhel
---

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# Install iamb on **Red Hat Enterprise Linux**

# iamb

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[Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/iamb/rhel#install)

#### A Matrix client for Vim addicts

This project is a work-in-progress, and there's still a lot to be implemented,
but much of the basic client functionality is already present.

**Configuration**

1. Create the configuration folder

   mkdir -p ~/snap/iamb/current/.config/iamb/
2. Create the configuration file

Create ~/snap/iamb/current/.config/iamb/config.toml

```
 default_profile = "default"
 [profiles.default]
 user_id = "@myuser:homeserver.org"
 url = "https://homeserver.org"

 [dirs]
 cache = "/home/myusername/snap/iamb/common/.cache/iamb/"
 logs = "/home/myusername/snap/iamb/common/.local/share/iamb/logs/"
 downloads = "/home/myusername/snap/iamb/common/Downloads/"

 [settings.users]
 "@myuser:homeserver.org" = { "name" = "My Name", "color" = "magenta" }
```

3. Start iamb

   $ iamb

**Documentation**

<https://iamb.chat/>

**Useful Keybindings**

* `<Enter>` will send a typed message
* `^V^J` can be used in Insert mode to enter a newline without submitting
* `O`/`o` can be used to insert blank lines before and after the cursor line
* `^Wm` can be used to toggle whether the message bar or scrollback is selected
* `^Wz` can be used to toggle whether the current window takes up the full screen

**Room Commands**

* `:dms` will open a list of direct messages
* `:rooms` will open a list of joined rooms
* `:members` will open a list of members for the currently focused room or space
* `:spaces` will open a list of joined spaces
* `:join` can be used to switch to join a new room or start a direct message
* `:split` and `:vsplit` can be used to open rooms in a new window

**Verification Commands**

The `:verify` command has several different subcommands for working with
verification requests. When used without any arguments, it will take you to a
list of current verifications, where you can see and compare the Emoji.

The different subcommands are:

* `:verify request USERNAME` will send a verification request to a user
* `:verify confirm USERNAME/DEVICE` will confirm a verification
* `:verify mismatch USERNAME/DEVICE` will cancel a verification where the Emoji don't match
* `:verify cancel USERNAME/DEVICE` will cancel a verification

**Other Useful Commands**

* `:welcome` will take you back to this screen

**Additional Configuration**

You can customize iamb in your `$CONFIG_DIR/iamb/config.json` file, where
`$CONFIG_DIR` is your system's per-user configuration directory.

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### Package name

* iamb

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### License

* Apache-2.0

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### Last updated

* 21 January 2026 - latest/stable
* Yesterday - latest/edge

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### Websites

* [iamb.chat](https://iamb.chat/ "https://iamb.chat/")

---

### Donations

* [ko-fi.com](https://ko-fi.com/ulyssam "https://ko-fi.com/ulyssam")

---

### Source code

* [github.com/ulyssa/iamb](https://github.com/ulyssa/iamb "https://github.com/ulyssa/iamb")

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### Report a bug

* [github.com/ulyssa/iamb/issues](https://github.com/ulyssa/iamb/issues "https://github.com/ulyssa/iamb/issues")

---

##### Report a Snap Store violation

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

---

## Enable snaps on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and install iamb

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 iamb

To install iamb, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install iamb
```

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