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title: Install Kraken Office on elementary OS using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: 'Get the latest version of Kraken Office for on elementary OS - KO20:
  Minimal and modern office suite with O365 UX'
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/ko20/elementary
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# Install Kraken Office on **elementary OS**

# Kraken Office (ko20)

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[Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/ko20/elementary#install)

#### KO20: Minimal and modern office suite with O365 UX

This is still in heavy development, expect bugs and updates daily!
The new KO20 office suite written in QtQuick with a modern MS office design, Google Material controls, floating toolbars, ODT support, syntax highlighting for devs in over 100 programming languages, and more! This is an evolution of the O20 office suite.
Our word processor and MS Word alternative, Ink, is perfect for developing, drafting novels, and writing simple essays.

### Package name

* ko20

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### License

* GPL-3.0

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### Last updated

* 6 July 2020 - latest/edge

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

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### Websites

* [gitlab.com/abstractsoftware/ko20-core](https://gitlab.com/abstractsoftware/ko20-core "https://gitlab.com/abstractsoftware/ko20-core")

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## Enable snaps on elementary OS and install Kraken Office

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 elementary 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 Kraken Office

To install Kraken Office, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install ko20 --edge
```

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