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title: Install iraspa on Kubuntu using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of iraspa for on Kubuntu - A molecular visualizer/editor
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/iraspa/kubuntu
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# Install iraspa on **Kubuntu**

# iraspa

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[Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/iraspa/kubuntu#install)

#### A molecular visualizer/editor

iRASPA is a visualization package (with editing capabilities) aimed at
material science. Examples of materials are metals, metal-oxides, ceramics,
biomaterials, zeolites, clays, and metal-organic frameworks. iRASPA leverages
the latest visualization technologies with stunning performance. It can
handle large structures (hundreds of thousands of atoms), including ambient
occlusion, with high frame rates.

iRASPA is provided by David Dubbeldam (University of Amsterdam), Sofia Calero (Eindhoven University of Technology) and Thijs J. H. Vlugt (Delft University of Technology).

### Package name

* iraspa

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### License

* GPL-3.0+

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### Last updated

* 27 August 2024 - latest/stable

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

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### Websites

* [www.iraspa.org](https://www.iraspa.org "https://www.iraspa.org")

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### Contact

* [forums.iraspa.org](https://forums.iraspa.org "https://forums.iraspa.org")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

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

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## Enable snaps on Kubuntu and install iraspa

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 [Kubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)](https://kubuntu.org/) or later, including [Kubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BionicBeaver/ReleaseNotes/Kubuntu) and [Kubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CosmicCuttlefish/ReleaseNotes/Kubuntu), you don’t need to do anything. Snap is already installed and ready to go.

Versions of Kubuntu between [14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)](https://kubuntu.org/news/kubuntu-14-04-lts) and [15.10 (Wily Werewolf)](https://kubuntu.org/news/kubuntu-15-10) don’t include *snap* by default, but *snap* can be installed from the command line as follows:

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

### Install iraspa

To install iraspa, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install iraspa
```

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