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title: Install intel-npu-driver on Pop!_OS using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of intel-npu-driver for on Pop!_OS - User Mode
  Driver with Compiler Software for the Intel® NPU (Neural Processing Unit) Accelerator
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/intel-npu-driver/pop
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# Install intel-npu-driver on **Pop!\_OS**

# intel-npu-driver

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#### User Mode Driver with Compiler Software for the Intel® NPU (Neural Processing Unit) Accelerator

This snap bundles software for supporting the Intel® NPU, which is an AI inference accelerator integrated with Intel client CPUs, starting from Intel® Core™ Ultra generation of CPUs (formerly known as Meteor Lake). It enables energy-efficient execution of artificial neural network tasks. This snap serves primarily as a content producer snap providing the oneAPI Level-Zero and user mode driver (UMD) with compiler libraries. It also includes device firmware and an app that validates the UMD.

### Package name

* intel-npu-driver

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### License

* MIT

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### Last updated

* 6 August 2026 - latest/stable
* 11 September 2026 - latest/edge

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### Websites

* [github.com/intel/linux-npu-driver](https://github.com/intel/linux-npu-driver "https://github.com/intel/linux-npu-driver")
* [github.com/canonical/intel-npu-driver-snap](https://github.com/canonical/intel-npu-driver-snap "https://github.com/canonical/intel-npu-driver-snap")

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## Enable snaps on Pop!\_OS and install intel-npu-driver

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 can be installed on Pop!\_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 intel-npu-driver

To install intel-npu-driver, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install intel-npu-driver
```

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