--- title: Install Kingfisher on Arch Linux using the Snap Store | Snapcraft description: Get the latest version of Kingfisher for on Arch Linux - Copy text from anything on your screen url: https://snapcraft.io/install/kingfisher/arch --- [Canonical Snapcraft](https://snapcraft.io/) # Install Kingfisher on **Arch Linux** # Kingfisher [Geo Joseph (geo-joseph)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/geo-joseph "View all snaps from Geo Joseph (geo-joseph)") * [Geo Joseph (geo-joseph)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/geo-joseph "View all snaps from Geo Joseph (geo-joseph)") * [Productivity](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=productivity) * [Utilities](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=utilities) [Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/kingfisher/arch#install) #### Copy text from anything on your screen Kingfisher reads the text in anything you can see: a video, a photo, a scanned PDF, an error message. Select an area of the screen and the text is on your clipboard, ready to paste. The text is read on your computer, without an internet connection, so private documents never leave it. Kingfisher is free and open source. * Precise area selection on any monitor * Read the whole screen, image files and images on the clipboard * QR codes and barcodes * Open links, email addresses and phone numbers with one click * Keep the original layout or join wrapped lines into paragraphs * History of your last 20 results, saved as text only * Top-bar icon, and a keyboard shortcut you can add in Settings * English and 20 other languages included, among them Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Japanese, Russian and Spanish * Light and dark styles ### Package name * kingfisher --- ### License * GPL-3.0-or-later --- ### Last updated * Today - latest/stable * Today - latest/candidate --- ### Report a bug * [github.com/geojoseph19/kingfisher/issues](https://github.com/geojoseph19/kingfisher/issues "https://github.com/geojoseph19/kingfisher/issues") --- ##### Report a Snap Store violation * [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/kingfisher/arch#report-snap-modal) --- [See more information about kingfisher ›](https://snapcraft.io/kingfisher) ## Enable snaps on Arch Linux and install Kingfisher 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 Kingfisher To install Kingfisher, simply use the following command: ``` sudo snap install kingfisher ``` ### Other popular snaps… [See more...](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=featured) [See more in Featured](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=featured) ### More things to do… #### [Get the snap store](https://snapcraft.io/snap-store) Browse and find snaps from the convenience of your desktop using the snap store snap. #### [Learn more about snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs) Interested to find out more about snaps? 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