---
title: Install jhack on Arch Linux using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of jhack for on Arch Linux - Make charming charming
  again.
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/jhack/arch
---

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# Install jhack on **Arch Linux**

# jhack

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[Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/jhack/arch#install)

#### Make charming charming again.

An opinionated collection of scripts and utilities for charmers.

In order to use the cli tools that hit the juju api, you'll need to connect the dot-local-share-juju interface.

Command: `sudo snap connect jhack:dot-local-share-juju snapd`

Jhack needs that interface to obtain WRITE access to `~/.local/share/juju`, which is the folder where your local juju client stores its state, including:

* cloud credentials
* what controllers are registered, which controller is current
* what models are present on each controller, which model is current

If you see errors like:

```
 ERROR cannot load ssh client keys: open /home/pietro/.local/share/juju/ssh: permission denied
 No relations found in model None.
```

Then you probably forgot to connect that plug.

### Package name

* jhack

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### License

* Apache-2.0

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### Last updated

* 5 June 2026 - latest/stable
* 7 September 2026 - latest/edge

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### Contact

* [pietro.pasotti@canonical.com](mailto:pietro.pasotti@canonical.com "mailto:pietro.pasotti@canonical.com")

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## Enable snaps on Arch Linux and install jhack

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 Arch Linux, snap can be installed from the [Arch User Repository (AUR).](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/snapd/)
The [manual build process](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_User_Repository#Installing_packages) is the Arch-supported
install method for AUR packages, and you’ll need the [prerequisites](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_User_Repository#Prerequisites)
installed before you can install any AUR package. You can then install snap with the following:

```
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/snapd.git
cd snapd
makepkg -si
```

Once installed, the *systemd* unit that manages the main snap communication socket needs to be enabled:

```
sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.socket
```

If [AppArmor](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/AppArmor) is enabled in your system, enable the service which loads AppArmor profiles for snaps:

```
sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.apparmor.service
```

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 jhack

To install jhack, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install jhack
```

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